On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:12:07AM -0000, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: > this seems a very good test, but the system says "[: too may arguments"
Ouch. Sorry, I forgot the quotes. Thanks to everyone who spotted this and responded while I was on the bus :) > > how can i test if a directory is empty? at the moment i use the following method: > > > > ls -l /dirname | grep "total 0" > > if [ $? ] then .... > > This is not a good test. "ls -l" will not reveal dot-files. > > Use "ls -A" which will list all files, including the dotted ones, but > excluding '.' and '..'. > > if [ -z `ls -A /dirname` ]; then echo "empty"; fi -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
