Perhaps something like:
Note that -s tests for existence of a file with size greater than 0. If you just want to know if the file exists, change the:
to:
and if you want to know if it exists and is a regular file:
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-07-2015 at 04:57 AM..
Reason: Add note about various pathname tests.
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