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# 1  
Old 08-03-2009
Bash-Shell: If-Clause to check if file is empty
Hello,

I want to checkl whether my file has text in it or not.

Code:
 
if [ tmp_file eq ''" ]; then
...

Code:
 
if [ tmp_file != ''" ]; then
...

But none of these work
Can someone help me?

---------- Post updated at 09:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:55 AM ----------

The code-tags caused an displayerror, so I rewrite without tags

if [ tmp_file eq ''" ]; then
...
if [ tmp_file != ''" ]; then
...
# 2  
Old 08-03-2009
You can test if a file is empty with

Code:
if [ ! -s file ]; then ....

# 3  
Old 08-03-2009
thank you, it works Smilie

---------- Post updated at 10:05 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:15 AM ----------

This code does not work:

Code:
 
if [ -s tmp_filter_0.$$ || -s tmp_filter_2.$$ ]; then
...

But the following does
Code:
 
if [ -s tmp_filter_0.$$ ]; then
...

or
Code:
 
if [ -s tmp_filter_2.$$ ]; then
...

So there is a bug in OR-condition, but I wonder what it is
# 4  
Old 08-03-2009
Change the || to -o
# 5  
Old 08-03-2009
try...
Code:
if [ -s tmp_filter_0.$$ ] || [ -s tmp_filter_2.$$ ]; then

# 6  
Old 08-03-2009
thanks again Smilie
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