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How to Check if a Directory Exists in CMD

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You can use the if exists command in Command Prompt (CMD) to check if a directory exists:

if exist "directory_path" (
    echo Directory exists.
) else (
    echo Directory does not exist.
)

In this example, if exist command followed by the directory path check if the specified directory exists and display a message accordingly.

The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.

Example: How to Check if a Directory Exists in CMD

Suppose that we want to check if the following directory exists:

C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script

We can type the following command to check if the directory exists:

if exist "C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script" (
    echo Directory exists.
) else (
    echo Directory does not exist.
)

Output: 👇️

Directory exists.

We can see that the command checks if C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script exists and displays the appropriate message.

Conclusion

You can use the if exist command followed by the path to check if any directory exists on your system.

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