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How do I check if a file exists in Java?

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How can I check whether a file exists, before opening it for reading in Java? (equivalent of Perl's -e $filename).

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    Re: How do I check if a file exists in Java?

    Use java.io : 

    File f = new File(filePathString);
    if(f.exists() && !f.isDirectory()) { /* do something */ }

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