Powershell - Check File Existence

Cmdlet

Test-Path cmdlet is used to check existence of a file.

Example 1

In this example, we're having a file test.txt in D:\temp\test directory

Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console

Test-Path D:\temp\test\test.txt

Output

You can see following output in PowerShell console.

Test-Path D:\temp\test\test.txt
True

Example 2

In this example, we're not having a file named test2.txt in D:\temp\test directory

Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console

Test-Path D:\temp\test\test2.txt

Output

You can see following output in PowerShell console.

Test-Path D:\temp\test\test2.txt
False