Re: checking for existence of a file in perl

To perform a thorough check (for most cases):

# make sure $path is a plain file (not a dir or other type), is readab
+le, and is executable

if (-f $path && -r $path && -x $path)
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Re^2: checking for existence of a file in perl by eff_i_g (Curate) on Jan 13, 2009 at 20:20 UTC
Per the docs, this is better written as: `if (-f $path && -r _ && -x _)` [download]	[reply] [d/l]