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Node.js - file exists
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In this article, we would like to show you how to check that file is exists using Node.js.
Synchronous version:
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const fs = require('fs');2
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const path = './path/to/file.txt';4
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try {6
if (fs.existsSync(path)) {7
console.log('File exists!');8
} else {9
console.log('File does not exist!');10
}11
} catch (error) {12
console.error(error);13
}Asynchronous version:
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const fs = require('fs/promises');2
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const fileExists = async (path) => {4
try {5
await fs.access(path);6
console.log('File exists!');7
} catch (error) {8
console.error(error.message);9
}10
};11
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fileExists('./path/to/file.txt');