Check if any type of files exist in a directory using BATCH script

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Hello I m looking to write a batch file to check to see if there are any files of any type inside a given folder   So far I ve tried the following  if EXIST FOLDERNAME        echo Files Exist   ELSE   echo  Empty       I can get it to work if I know the file extension such as a txt file with the follwing  if EXIST FOLDERNAME    txt   echo Files Exist   ELSE   echo  Empty      Thank you for your help

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To check if a folder contains at least one file

>nul 2>nul dir /a-d "folderName\*" && (echo Files exist) || (echo No file found)

To check if a folder or any of its descendents contain at least one file

>nul 2>nul dir /a-d /s "folderName\*" && (echo Files exist) || (echo No file found)

To check if a folder contains at least one file or folder.
Note addition of /a option to enable finding of hidden and system files/folders.

dir /b /a "folderName\*" | >nul findstr "^" && (echo Files and/or Folders exist) || (echo No File or Folder found)

To check if a folder contains at least one folder

dir /b /ad "folderName\*" | >nul findstr "^" && (echo Folders exist) || (echo No folder found)

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For files in a directory  you can use things like   if exist   csv echo  csv file found    or  if not exist   csv goto nofile

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A roll your own function   Supports recursion or not with the 2nd switch   Also  allow names of files with   which the accepted answer fails to address although a great answer  this will get over that issue   The idea was taken from https   ss64 com nt empty html  Notes within code    echo off title   nx0 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set dir C  Users  username  Desktop title Echos folders and files in root directory    call  FOLDER FILE CNT dir TRUE echo  dir  echo   amp  pause  amp  cls       FOLDER FILE CNT function by Ste       First Written                2020 01 26    Posted on the thread here    https   stackoverflow com q 10813943 8262102    Based on                     https   ss64 com nt empty html       Notes are that    1  will expand to the returned variable     Syntax call  call  FOLDER FILE CNT   lt path gt    lt BOOLEAN gt       lt path gt       Your path wrapped in quotes      lt BOOLEAN gt     Count files in sub directories  TRUE  or not  FALSE      Returns a variable with a value of     FALSE        if directory doesn t exist     0-inf        if there are files within the directory      FOLDER FILE CNT if    1          echo Use this syntax   amp  echo call  FOLDER FILE CNT   lt path gt     lt BOOLEAN  gt   amp  echo   amp  goto  eof     else if not    1          set count 0  amp  set msg   amp  set dirExists    if not exist     1    set msg FALSE    if exist     1        if    2    TRUE         gt nul 2 gt nul dir  a-d  s     1      amp  amp   for  f  delims      A in   dir     1    a-d  b  s   do  set  a count  1       set  a count  0      set msg  count           if    2    FALSE        for  f  delims      A in   dir     1    a-d  b   do  set  a count  1      set msg  count                   set    1  msg    amp  goto  eof

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You can use this   echo off for  F   i in   dir  b  c  test directory        do      echo Folder is NON empty    goto  EOF   echo Folder is empty or does not exist   Taken from here   That should do what you need

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