How Do I Check If a Directory Exists in Linux?
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How do I check directory?

To check if a directory exists in a shell script and is a directory use the following syntax:

  1. [ -d “/path/to/dir” ] && echo “Directory /path/to/dir exists.” ## OR ## [ ! …
  2. [ -d “/path/to/dir” ] && [ !

How do you check if a directory exists or not in bash?

In order to check if a directory exists in Bash using shorter forms, specify the “-d” option in brackets and append the command that you want to run if it succeeds. [[ -d <directory> ]] && echo “This directory exists!” [ -d <directory> ] && echo “This directory exists!”

Marcus Vance

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