Question

I have a problem i could not figure out if it’s even possible. I am parsing a file with filenames in it, and want to check if those filenames represent an existing file within the system.

i figured out a possibility to to check if a file exists:

 [ -f FILENAME ] && echo "File exists" || echo "File does not exists"

now my problem is: How can i pipe into to the conditional that it tests for all the filenames?

i was trying like tihs, but it did not work:

cat myfilenames.txt | xargs command from above without FILENAME

does anybody know if it is possible?

thanks, dmeu!

Answer 1

while read file; dp
        [ -e "$file" ] && echo "$file exists";
done <filelist.txt