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Re: How do I test whether a file has some contents or not?

by merlyn (Sage)
on Oct 15, 2000 at 15:09 UTC ( [id://36805]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How do I test whether a file has some contents or not?

Hmm, on the off chance that "contents" is not "text", and believing the description more than the title, I'd also add:
print "it's a non-empty text-ish file" if -s $file and -T $file;

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