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Check if file or directory exists in Golang
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| if _, err := os.Stat("/path/to/whatever"); os.IsNotExist(err) { | |
| // path/to/whatever does not exist | |
| } | |
| if _, err := os.Stat("/path/to/whatever"); !os.IsNotExist(err) { | |
| // path/to/whatever exists | |
| } |
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@ravindrabhargava Please have a look at https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Glob
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haha, although it is trivial still helps a lot ,thanks!
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what about if need to check for "*.txt" in Linux dir if the file exists or not, I tried *.txt but it's not working at all
if _, err := os.Stat("*.txt"); err == nil {
fmt.Printf("File exists\n");
} else {
fmt.Printf("File does not exist\n");
}