[opensuse] bash test for empty dir

Guys, I stumbled across a neat use of ls -A for testing for an empty dir that I thought I would pass on: #!/bin/bash if [[ $(ls -A ${1}) ]]; then echo "the directory is not empty" else echo "the directory empty" fi If anybody has a better way, let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org