how to check

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

beginner question: how to check whether the given input is a file or folder ?

 if -f $path 
 {
  do something 
 }
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is it correct , i need to check the given path is a file or folder ?

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Re: how to check by balakrishnan (Monk) on May 23, 2009 at 08:52 UTC
`if (-f $ARGV[0]) { print "file"; } elsif(-d $ARGV[0]) { print "dir"; }` [download] -f option is used to check whether the argument is a file or not. -d option is used to check whether the argument is a directory or not.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to check by ig (Vicar) on May 23, 2009 at 08:43 UTC
Your test will be true if $path is the path of a file. You can use '-d' to test if it is the path of a directory. Too see all the tests you can read -X	[reply]
Re: how to check by Anonymous Monk on May 23, 2009 at 08:42 UTC
Read perlintro `if ( -f $path ) { print "do something, its a file\n"; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]