{"id":3478,"date":"2019-10-29T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutorials.eyehunts.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:37:42","slug":"python-check-if-file-exists-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/python\/python-check-if-file-exists-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Python check if file exists | Directory Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How you will check if the file exists in python or not? There are many ways to do know about file existence. Like a <strong>exists()<\/strong>, <strong class=\"\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">isfile<\/g><\/strong><strong>()<\/strong>, <strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">isdir<\/g>()<\/strong> function, you need to import &#8220;<strong>os.path<\/strong>&#8221; in the program file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One more is <strong>pathlibPath.exists() <\/strong>in Python 3.4 or above version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Python-check-if-file-exists-Directory.png?resize=550%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Python check if file exists Directory\" class=\"wp-image-6901\" width=\"550\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Python-check-if-file-exists-Directory.png?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Python-check-if-file-exists-Directory.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Python-check-if-file-exists-Directory.png?resize=768%2C364&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See below the list of ways to verify a file or directory exists in python programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>os.path.exists()<\/li><li>os.path.isfile()<\/li><li>os.path.isdir()<\/li><li>pathlibPath.exists()<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let&#8217;s see the example of check if a file exists<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. First os.path.exists() <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is existing in standard python libraries. And available on Python 2 and 3 versions. It will check the existence of a file or directory on a given path. let&#8217;s see the example\/demo use of <strong>os.path.exists()<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method will return a Boolean result as true o false. If the <g class=\"gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"18\" data-gr-id=\"18\">file<\/g> exists then true else it will return false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example we don&#8217;t a file, so it should return a false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre>\n\nfrom os import path\nresult = path.exists(\"eye.txt\")\nprint (result)\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong> False<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Must read tutorial how to import library in python- <a href=\"https:\/\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/\/python\/python-import-module-library-package-file-system\/\">Python Import Module (Library\/Package\/File) System<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. os.path.isfile() &#8211; check if file exists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another method but same as above. Let&#8217;s see the example and file &#8220;testFile.txt&#8221; is exists in the project folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre>from os import path\nresult = path.isfile(\"testFile.txt\")\nprint (result)\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong> True <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Q: What is if you pass the directory name in &#8220;isfile&#8221; method? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: It will return a false value because of  <g class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"39\" data-gr-id=\"39\">&#8220;<\/g><strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"39\" data-gr-id=\"39\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">isfile<\/g><\/g>()<\/strong>&#8221; method only for files not for the directory. To check the existence of the directory you have to use an &#8220;<strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">isdir<\/g>(<\/strong>)&#8221;. Check the below example demo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. os.path.isdir() &#8211; check if directory  exists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now if you want the check given path is for directory then use &#8220;<strong>isdir()<\/strong>&#8221; method. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If its folder\/Directory then return value is true, else return value will be false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre>\n\nfrom os import path\nresult = path.isdir(\"dir\")\nprint (result)\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output: <\/strong>True<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. pathlibPath.exists()<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This method can use in Python 3.4 and above versions. This method is used a Object oriented programming approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s see the one basic example of it. Using a <a href=\"https:\/\/tutorial.eyehunts.com\/\/python\/python-if-else-python-if-statement-python-if-elif-else-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"if else condition statement (opens in a new tab)\">if else condition statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre>import pathlib\nfile = pathlib.Path(\"testFile.txt\")\nif file.exists ():\n    print (\"File exist\")\nelse:\n    print (\"File not exist\")\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output: <\/strong>File exist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wp-pro-quiz-quiz\">[WpProQuiz 2]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do comment if you have any doubts and suggestions on this tutorial. Post your interview question in the comment section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;This example (Project) is developed in&nbsp;PyCharm 2018.2 (Community Edition)<br>JRE: 1.8.0<br>JVM:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openjdk.java.net\/\">OpenJDK<\/a>&nbsp;64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o<br>macOS 10.13.6<br><strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_77 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"77\" data-gr-id=\"77\">Pytho<\/g> 3.7<\/strong><br>All<strong>&nbsp;Examples of Python check if file or Directory exists&nbsp;<\/strong>are in Python 3, so it may change its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you will check if the file exists in python or not? There are many ways to do know about file existence. 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