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i am trying to check if a file exists before continuing with my script but it is not working.

if [ -e $filename ]
then
file_menu    #calls the function file_menu if file exists
else
echo data file does not exist
fi

i have put in dummy file names but it always calls the function. it seems to ignore that file does not exist.
can anyone help?
i am using korn shell.
Answered By: yuzh
Expert Since: 06/21/2000
Accepted Solutions: 2819
yuzh has been an Expert for 8 years 6 months, during which he has posted 9063 comments and answered 2819 questions. yuzh is just one of 618 experts in the Unix Operating Systems Zone. 2 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.
 
 
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