Check if directory is empty in Ruby

Question

How can I check to see if a directory is empty or not in Ruby? Is there something like:

Dir.exists?(\"directory\")

(I know that that functi

Answer 1

You can use entries to see all files and folders in a directory:

Dir.entries('directory')
=> ['.', '..', 'file.rb', '.git']
Dir.entries('directory').size <= 2 # Check if empty with no files or folders.

You can also search for files only using glob:

Dir.glob('directory/{*,.*}')
=> ['file.rb', '.git']
Dir.glob('directory/{*,.*}').empty? # Check if empty with no files.