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how to identify the size of a file
Name: trichyselva Date: August 10, 2006 at 09:00:32 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: p4 Product: pentium
Comment:
i want to know the size of a file and check whether it is empty or not dynamically (through another script) how to write code for it
Name: nails Date: August 10, 2006 at 15:12:38 Pacific
Reply:
Check out the test command:
#!/bin/ksh
myfile="somefile.txt" if [[ -s "$myfile" ]] then echo "$myfile exists and is greater than 0" fi
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Response Number 2
Name: ghostdog Date: August 10, 2006 at 19:26:55 Pacific
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you can use wc -c <filename> . It will give the size of the file in bytes.
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Response Number 3
Name: trichyselva Date: August 10, 2006 at 21:14:54 Pacific
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i agree with ur code, it checks if the file is present or not ok how to check if the file is empty or not, even if it is empty or not the file may be present, let me know if i am wrong
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