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If [ -E $Name ]; What -E Does?

David Miller • • 1 min read
If [ -E $Name ]; What -E Does?

Someone could helps me saying me what -e does within an if construct an followed by a directory or file? thanks very much

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See man test for details. -e returns true if the file or directory exists, and false if it doesn't.

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