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i made a linux script which receives as first argument a path to a directory. I don't know the path. And i want to check if "file.txt" exists at that certain path . For example :

if [ -e $1/file.txt ];then
       echo HAHA
fi
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    [[ -f "$1/file.txt" ]] && echo "HAHA" should work. Commented Nov 22, 2013 at 15:36
  • What you have should work as intended as long as $1 doesn't contain any whitespace. Quoting it as "$1/file.txt" would take care of that problem. Commented Nov 22, 2013 at 17:01

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if [[ -e "$1/file.txt" ]]; then
       echo "It exists"
fi
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