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# Python program to explain os.path.exists() method
# importing os module
import os
# Specify path
path = '/usr/local/bin/'
# Check whether the specified
# path exists or not
isExist = os.path.exists(path)
print(isExist)
# Specify path
path = '/home/User/Desktop/file.txt'
# Check whether the specified
# path exists or not
isExist = os.path.exists(path)
print(isExist)
# credit to geeksforgeeks.com at
# https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-check-if-a-file-or-directory-exists/
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import os
os.path.exists("file.txt") # Or folder, will return true or false
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import os.path
if os.path.isfile('filename.txt'):
print ("File exist")
else:
print ("File not exist")
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import os.path
if os.path.isfile('filename.txt'):
print ("File exist")
else:
print ("File not exist")
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import os.path
if os.path.exists('filename.txt'):
print ("File exist")
else:
print ("File not exist")
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#using pathlib
from pathlib import Path
file_name = Path("file.txt")
if file_name.exists():
print("exists")
else:
print("does not exist")
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import os
file_exists = os.path.exists("example.txt") # Returns boolean representing whether or not the file exists
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>>> import os
>>> os.path.isfile("d:\\Package1\\package1\\fibo.py")
True
>>> os.path.isfile("d:/Package1/package1/fibo.py")
True
>>> os.path.isfile("d:\\nonexisting.txt")