Batch File To Check If File Exists

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In this tutorial, we are going to see how to check if file exists in a batch file by using IF EXIST condition. Batch file contains a series of DOS (Disk Operating System) instructions. It allows triggering the execution of commands found in this file.

Batch File To Check If File Exists

The following example check if “filename.txt” exists:

@echo off 

IF EXIST "filename.txt" (
    echo 'File EXIST!'
) ELSE (
    echo 'File missing!'
)

Output:

Example 2:

The following example EXIT if the required file “filename.txt” is missing:

@Echo Off
IF NOT EXIST filename.txt EXIT /b
Echo "File Exists!"

5 thoughts on “Batch File To Check If File Exists”

Tim Gillis

April 10, 2022 at 6:40 pm

Wow, this “tutorial” is so very inadequate. The command checks to see if the file exists. But where? Anywhere on the computer? Only the current drive? Only the current directory? Don’t you think that bit of information would be helpful?
- Dan
  
  May 13, 2022 at 12:26 pm
  
  Yep, we are waiting for your solution then
kaeng

July 26, 2022 at 11:04 pm
just replace filename.txt with drive\folder\subfolder\filename.ext

e.g the file you’re checking for should be something like c:\tmp\folder1\subfolder1\something.txt
then the code would be :-
```
@echo off 
IF EXIST "c:\tmp\folder1\subfolder1\something.txt" (
    echo 'File EXIST!'
) ELSE (
    echo 'File missing!'
)
```
chandru

September 20, 2022 at 7:20 am

Hi,

I have files with names

“windows10.0-kb123456-v2-x64_fa90a4bdc1da0f5758cdfa53c58187d9fc894fa0.msu”
“windows10.0-kb987654-v2-x64_fa90a4bdc1da0f5758cdfa53c58187d9fc894fa0.msu”
“windows10.0-kb167890-v2-x64_fa90a4bdc1da0f5758cdfa53c58187d9fc894fa0.msu”
“windows10.0-kb235684-v2-x64_fa90a4bdc1da0f5758cdfa53c58187d9fc894fa0.msu”
“windows10.0-kb654321-v2-x64_fa90a4bdc1da0f5758cdfa53c58187d9fc894fa0.msu”

I want to filter a file which is having “kb123456” in the above list and want to display it as an output, may I know how to achieve this using batch script
John

October 8, 2022 at 8:38 am

So how do I check if the file name is in a variable to test if the file exists?

Batch File To Check If File Exists

Example 2:

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