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How do I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

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How do I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

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      How do I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

      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!"

      Let’s say that you want to check if the “/etc” directory exists for example.

      [ -d /etc ] && echo "This directory exists!"
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      To check if a directory exists in a shell script, you can use the following:

      if [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
  # Control will enter here if $DIRECTORY exists.
fi

      Or to check if a directory doesn’t exist:

      if [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
  # Control will enter here if $DIRECTORY doesn't exist.
fi
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