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Ruby program to check a specified file is exist or not
Last Updated : December 15, 2025
Problem Solution
In this program, we will check a specified file is exist or not, using File.file?() method and print the appropriate message.
Program/Source Code
The source code to check a specified file exists or not is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.
# Ruby program to check a specified
# file exists or not.
result = File.file?("MyFile.txt");
if (result == true)
print ("File exists.\n");
else
print ("File does not exist.\n");
end
Output
File exists.
Explanation
In the above program, we checked "MyFile.txt" file is exists or not, using the File.file?() method and printed the appropriate message.
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