bash: Test if a file has nonzero size.

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Take into account the main readme for this section. README first.

Using the -s test option.

echo -n "Type in your filename here:"
read MyFile

if [[ -s "$MyFile" ]];then
   echo "$MyFile is not empty."
else
   echo "$MyFile is empty"
fi

The script execution output of the script is:

$ ./test.sh
Type in your filename here:/etc/hosts
/etc/hosts is not empty.

File is empty

$ ./test.sh
Type in your filename here:/tmp/myfile1
/tmp/myfile1 is empty