Re: Validating files and directories

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

-a is like && 'and'
-e means existing at all
if -e is true it may be -d -f or fifo or socket, or such

On Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 01:22 irenezerafa via <help-bash@gnu.org> wrote:

> I am using the following commands to validate a file or directory.
>
> if [[ ! -f "$fl" && ! -d "$fl" ]]; then
> printf '%s\n' "$fl: File or Directory does not exist"
> fi
>
> But have noticed that I can use -e to see if there's something by that
> name, instead of separately testing -f and -d.
> Yet I am getting confused between using -a and -e.