Re: [ALUG] How to check a directory is empty (probably in bash)?

On Wednesday 21 February 2007 11:42, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote:

What's the simplest (and/or most concise) way to check for an empty directory?

if test -z `ls foo` ; then wibble ; fi Or if [ -z `ls foo` ] ; then wibble ; fi There's probably other ways.... Regards, Paul.