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Old 03-09-2006
Testing existence of a file /directory
hey guys
How can i test existence of a file /directory in a directory in a script

thanks
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Old 03-09-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaya
hey guys
How can i test existence of a file /directory in a directory in a script
Look into man test.

Code:
if [ -f /home/user/.bashrc ] ; then
  echo "File exists"
else
  echo "File does not exist"
fi

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Old 03-17-2006
additionally u can test if it's a directory with -d option

if [ -d /home/user/tstdir ]
then
echo "tstdir exists"
else
echo "tstdir doesn't exist"
fi
 
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