How can I check if a file is empty?

Question

I have thousands of text files and would like to know how to check if a particular file is empty. I am reading all the files using this line of code

Y<-grep(\         


        

Answer 1

Use the following code to check if a file in the system is empty or not before uploading it.

my_file<-readLines(paste0(""))
my_file=="" #TRUE - means the file is empty