[ILUG] count of files in a directory

[Stephane Dudzinski]

2 ways :

- Check if they do not contain any hidden file .xxxxxx by : ls -la test

- rm -rf <dirname> will wipe out everything, careful with this one.

Steph

On 30 Jul 2001 12:02:01 +0100, hrishy wrote:
>  Hello
> 
> I have 2 folders called test and testd which are empty
> i wann adelete them but unable to do so as it is sayin
> that the folders are not empty whereas actually they
> are.if a create a dir called hrishy i am able to
> delete.i have root aceses to the system
> 
> regards
> hrishy
> 
> 
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