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Santiago

Santiago posted

How do I check if a file exists in Python?

How do I check if a file exists in Python?
duglus

duglus
answered Aug 16 '21 00:00

is_file()
is_file() will check wheather file is exists at given Path object or not.
returns : if file exists is_file() return True , if file dont exists is_file() will returns False

is_file() is invoked from the Path object

following is the step to check if a file exists in Python :
1. import Path from pathlib . because Path object is needed later

from pathlib import Path


2. provide the absolute path to create Path object

p = Path(Provide the complete path to the file)


3. invoke is_file() function to check the file exists or not

p.is_file()

it returns True if a file exists, it returns false if a file doesn't exist.

Final code :

from pathlib import Path
p = Path('testfolder/test.py')
print(p.is_file())
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