Bash - Test if file/directory exists Primary tabs

By xngo on June 17, 2019

#!/bin/bash
 
# Create a file
touch myfile.txt
 
# Create a directory
mkdir mydirectory
 
 
if [ -f myfile.txt ]
then
  echo "myfile.txt exists!"
fi
 
if [ -d mydirectory ]
then
  echo "mydirectory exists!"
fi

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Xuan Ngo is the founder of OpenWritings.net. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada. He loves to write about programming and open source subjects.