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Node.js - check if path is file
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In this article, we would like to show you how to check if path is a file using Node.js.
Quick solution:
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const fs = require('fs');2
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const status = fs.lstatSync('/path/to/somewhere');4
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if (status.isFile()) {6
// ...7
}Warning:
When
/path/to/somewhereis soft link and indicates to non-existing path, it is necessary to callfs.existsSync(/path/to/somewhere)before status checking.
Projects structure:
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Project/2
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+-- my_directory/4
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| +-- my_file.json6
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+-- my_script.jsExample my_script.js file:
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const fs = require('fs');2
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const isFile = (path) => {4
const status = fs.lstatSync(path);5
return status.isFile();6
};7
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// Usage example:10
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console.log(isFile('my_directory')); // false12
console.log(isFile('my_directory/my_file.txt')); // true
- callbacks based example
- async/await based example
