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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Check to see if a file exists? Post 302534804 by AlphaLexman on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 08:45:40 PM
Old 06-28-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Code:
if [ -f myfile.txt ]

The OP asked about if a file exists...
However a file may exist, but NOT be a regular file...
So,
Code:
if [ -a myfile.txt ]

Should be be considered as an alternative.

EDIT: @methyl, Not trying to teach you, because you could teach me a lot, just trying to point out to the OP a different test construct.
Last edited by AlphaLexman; 06-28-2011 at 09:54 PM..
 

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