09-09-2008
How to check if a file is empty?
Hi Masters.....
I have problem !!!
I need to check number of records in a file and if it is zero or file is empty i need to do some task.
if [Zero record]; then
echo "File s empty"
else
echo "Not empty"
fi
so how to check this condition.
I used
wc -l < filename.txt => 1 for zero records
same result with-
awk '{n++}' END '{print n}' filename.txt
if [ ! -s file ] => this condition is also not working out.
Can any one help me out in this please....
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atf-check -- executes a command and analyzes its results
SYNOPSIS
atf-check [-s qual:value] [-o action:arg ...] [-e action:arg ...] [-x] command
DESCRIPTION
atf-check executes a given command and analyzes its results, including exit code, stdout and stderr.
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