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Check the existence of the directory

Use the file test operator "-d" to check if a directory exists .

-d $file

Returns a true value if the directory exists, a false value if it does not exist.

This is an example to check the existence of a directory using the file operator -d.

use strict;
use warnings;

# Check for the existence of the directory.
# -d directory name

print "1: Check the existence of the directory. -D\n";
my $dir = 'd';
if (-d $dir) {
  print "'$dir' exists.\n";
}
else {print "'$dir' does not exist.\n"}