Checking to see if there are files in a directory

[Monday]

I'm trying to convert a script from Unix over to SuSE Linux. Most of it is ok, but the following is giving me problems

#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /apps/v1.0/import/* ]
then
  #Do something
else
  #Do something else
fi

Basically when I run it I get a binary operator expected error if there is more than one file in the directory.

So could someone recomend a way to test if there are files in a directory.

Thanks

[lakerdonald]

You could try this:

if [ `ls | wc -w` -ge 0 ]; then
do something
fi

[Santa's little helper]

I'm trying to convert a script from Unix over to SuSE Linux.

How did the original script do it ?

[jaboua]

And which language was the unix script written in? Maybe you can use the same on linux?

[scm]

change the if statement to use test instead of square brackets, then the presence of additional files will be ignored:

if test -f /apps/v1.0/import/*

The original script is badly coded, BTW, because it won't work on UNIX either if more than one file is present.