FileSize ???

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

How do I identify if there is any content in a file?
If there is nothing in a specified file, I'd like to send an email indicating that there is nothing to report.

Any help appreciated.

2 
if [ -s myfile ] ; then
   echo 'there is Something in this file'
   echo 'there is some Size to this file'
else
   echo 'file is empty'
fi
3

You can use the "-f" option too, to make sure that a file exists in the first place.
The "-s" option checks for a non-zero size file.

See if your unix has a man page for "test".

4

Thanks guys.

I ended uo doing a set `file $myfile` and grabbing $2.

Learning something new everyday :slight_smile: