bash check if a folder is empty or not

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Yujin Boby

To check if a folder is empty of not, you can use

if [ "$(ls -A /home/boby/1/ )" ]
then
    echo "Files found"
else
    echo 'No files found'
fi

If you want to reverse the checking, you can use !

if [ ! "$(ls -A /home/boby/1/ )" ]
then
    echo "No files found"
else
    echo 'Files found.'
fi

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