How to check if the file does not exist in Bash

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to check if a given file exists or not in Bash.

To check if a file exists or not in bash, we can use the logical not operator (!) in the test command.

Here is an example:

if [ ! -f /tmp/songs.txt ]; then
    echo "File does not exits"
else
    echo "File exists"
fi

-f option is used to check for a regular files.