File check before delete


6th of March 2008

Because I always forget, here's how to check if a file exists before attempting to delete it in bash:

 [ -f foobar.html ] && rm foobar.html

If you don't do it this way and the file doesn't exist you get this:

 rm: cannot remove `foobar.html': No such file or directory



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