my $file = "/etc/passwd";
my $directory = "/etc";
if (-f $file) { print "file !!" }
if (-d $directory) { print "directory !!" }
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-e can be used to verify it actually exists, altho both -d and -f will fail if the file/directory not exists...

Greetz
Beatnik
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