Solve : How to use a batch file to check if the file is empty?

1.	Solve : How to use a batch file to check if the file is empty?
Answer» For the purpose of error checking I need to know if a file is empty or not. How can I do so using dos/batch commands within my batch script. FIle is called temp.txt ThanksWhat do you mean "empty"? Do you mean has a size of zero bytes? To check for 0 byte file from within a batch file, you can do: Code: [Select]for /f %%a in ('dir filename.txt /B') do if %%~za equ 0 echo %%a is %%~za bytes. If directly from the COMMAND line, change all the DOUBLE %% to SINGLE %if you mean "empty" is no STRING in that *.txt file, here is the code to display how much line in that file.. ..Untested.. --------------------------------------------- echo off set /p file=Type Path+Filename : :up if not defined array set array=0 for /f "skip=%array%" %%f in ("%file%") do ( if /i "%%f"==" " (echo file contain(s) %array% line) else (set /a array=array+1) goto up ) the result would display how much line in yourfile... if contain(s) 0 line, your file is "EMPTY"

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