Techie Corner

Just wrote a script in bash shell that need to check if directory exists, else create the directory. I always need to write script that check the if a directory exists but i always forget :p. So i think it’s better for me to put this down for my later reference 🙂

To check if directory exists in bash shell script, check the command below:-

• The bash script below will check if directory exists:-

  if [ -d /home/techie/backup/2010 ]
  then
          # do something here if exists
  fi
  

• The bash script below will check if directory is NOT exists:-

  if [ ! -d /home/techie/backup/2010 ]
  then
          # if not exists do something here
  fi
  

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