Bash - How to Check if a File or Directory Exists in Mac/Unix

 

How to Check if a File or Directory Exists using Bash?

Using IF statement

FILENAME=/etc/conf.yml
if [ -f "$FILENAME" ]; then
echo "$FILENAME exists."
else
echo "$FILENAME does not exist."

fi

Without using IF statement

[[ -f /etc/conf.yml ]] && echo "$FILENAME exists."

See below link for more details

https://linuxize.com/post/bash-check-if-file-exists/#check-if-directory-exist