Coding Triumph

Checking if a file or a directory exists with the Python language is straightforward; all you need is the os .path module and its built-in method exists().

Prerequisite:

1. Python version 3
2. exists() method

Method definition:

os.path.exists(path)
# "path": path to the file or directory
# returns True if path refers to an existing path 

The script:

import os

file = '/home/User/Desktop/test.txt'
dir = '/home/User/Desktop/'

fileExists = os.path.exists(file)
dirExists = os.path.exists(dir)

print(fileExists) # True
print(dirExists) # True