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

Question

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

Answer 1

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)