-f FILE (conditional operator)

true if the file exists and is a regular file.

Links

• Bash manual
• POSIX specification of test

Examples

Different ways to test if a file is a regular file: :

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test -f ~/file.txt && echo "regular file"
[ -f ~/file.txt ] && echo "regular file"
# Bash
[[ -f ~/file.txt ]] && echo "regular file"