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Old 08-20-2008
how to see if the file is empty or not?
hi
how can I determine, if a file is empty or not?I am using read line clause.


The script should be like:

while read line
do
if(file is empty) then;
......
done < $blacklist
# 2  
Old 08-20-2008
Hi! Check the man page for test. You can use something like this in your test command.
Code:
 [ ! -s $file ]

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