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With the help of BASH shell and IF command, it is possible to find out if a file exists or not on the filesystem. A conditional expression (also know as “evaluating expressions”) can be used by [[ compound command and the test ([) builtin commands to test file attributes and perform string and arithmetic comparisons.
You can easily find out if a regular file does or does not exist in Bash shell under macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and Unix-like operating system. You can use [ expression ], [[ expression ]], test expression, or if [ expression ]; then .. fi in bash shell along with a !operator. Let us see various ways to find out if a file exists or not in bash shell.

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Syntax to find out if file exists with conditional expressions in a Bash Shell

The general syntax is as follows:
[ parameter FILE ]
OR
test parameter FILE
OR
[[ parameter FILE ]]
Where parameter can be any one of the following:

  • -e: Returns true value if file exists.
  • -f: Return true value if file exists and regular file.
  • -r: Return true value if file exists and is readable.
  • -w: Return true value if file exists and is writable.
  • -x: Return true value if file exists and is executable.
  • -d: Return true value if exists and is a directory.

Please note that the [[ works only in Bash, Zsh and the Korn shell, and is more powerful; [ and test are available in POSIX shells. Let us see some examples.

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Find out if file /etc/passwd file exist or not

Type the following commands:
$ [ -f /etc/passwd ] && echo 'File exist' echo 'File does not exist'
$ [ -f /tmp/fileonetwo ] && echo 'File exist' echo 'File does not exist'

How can I tell if a regular file named /etc/foo does not exist in Bash?

You can use ! operator as follows:
[ ! -f /etc/foo ] && echo 'File does not exist'Exists
OR

[[ example

Enter the following commands at the shell prompt:
$ [[ -f /etc/passwd ]] && echo 'File exist' echo 'File does not exist'
$ [[ -f /tmp/fileonetwo ]] && echo 'File exist' echo 'File does not exist'

Find out if directory /var/logs exist or not

Type the following commands:
$ [ -d /var/logs ] && echo 'Directory exist' echo 'Directory does not exist'
$ [ -d /dumper/fack ] && echo 'Directory exist' echo 'Directory does not exist'

[[ example

$ [[ -d /var/logs ]] && echo 'Directory exist' echo 'Directory does not exist'
$ [[ -d /dumper/fake ]] && echo 'Directory exist' echo 'Directory does not exist'

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Are two files are the same?

Use the -ef primitive with the [[ new test command:

How to check if a file exists in a shell script

You can use conditional expressions in a shell script:

Save and execute the script:
$ chmod +x script.sh
$ ./script.sh /path/to/file
$ ./script.sh /etc/resolv.conf
To check if a file exists in a shell script regardless of type, use the -e option: Traktor pro 1.1.

You can use this technique to verify that backup directory or backup source directory exits or not in shell scripts. See example script for more information.

A complete list for file testing in bash shell

From the test command man page:

[ Expression ]Meaning
-b filename Return true if filename is a block special file.
-c filename Return true if filename exists and is a character special file.
-d filename Return true filename exists and is a directory.
-e filename Return true filename exists (regardless of type).
-f filename Return true filename exists and is a regular file.
-g filename Return true filename exists and its set group ID flag is set.
-h filename Return true filename exists and is a symbolic link. This operator is retained for compatibility with previous versions of this program. Do not rely on its existence; use -L instead.
-k filename Return true filename exists and its sticky bit is set.
-n filename Return true the length of string is nonzero.
-p filename Return true filename is a named pipe (FIFO).
-r filename Return truefilename exists and is readable.
-s filename Return true filename exists and has a size greater than zero.
-t file_descriptor Return true the filename whose file descriptor number is file_descriptor is open and is associated with a terminal.
-u filename Return true filename exists and its set user ID flag is set.
-w filename Return true filename exists and is writable. True indicates only that the write flag is on. The file is not writable on a read-only file system even if this test indicates true.
-x filename Return true filename exists and is executable. True indicates only that the execute flag is on. If file is a directory, true indicates that file can be searched.
-z string Return true the length of string is zero.
-L filename Return true filename exists and is a symbolic link.
-O filename Return true filename exists and its owner matches the effective user id of this process.
-G filename Return true filename exists and its group matches the effective group id of this process.
-S filename Return true filename exists and is a socket.
file1 -nt file2 True if file1 exists and is newer than file2.
file1 -ot file2 True if file1 exists and is older than file2.
file1 -ef file2 True if file1 and file2 exist and refer to the same file.

Conclusion

You just learned how to find out if file exists with conditional expressions in a Bash shell. For more information type the following command at shell prompt or see test command in our wiki or see bash man page here:
bash(1),test(1)

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This goes out to only the users of Dev C++ (or people knowledgeable with this compiler). I am trying to consolidate all of the files needed to run Dev C++ onto a flash drive so I can use it on multiple computers. I have been having problems getting the app files to move though because the program wants them to stay in one place. It says on installation to pass the parameter '-c c:config_file_directory' to the program but I don't know how to do that.

Thank you for the help.

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To pass a parameter to the program, do it from the command line. If it's devcpp.exe. Do dev-cpp.exe -c 'C:config'