# Check if a folder is empty

### Description

The `Check if a folder is empty` action verifies if a folder is empty and that there are no regular files or sub-folders in the folder.

### Options

| Option             | Description                                                                                    |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Action name        | The name of the workflow action.                                                               |
| Folder name        | The name of the folder to verify for emptiness.                                                |
| Include subfolders | Check if there are subfolders in the folder to check.                                          |
| Limit search to    | Limits the search for files to those with a certain wildcard (regular expression)              |
| Wildcard           | The wildcard (regular expression) to limit the files to look for with, for example: .\*\\.txt$ |


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