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Maintenance Ruby 3.3 gets fixes, but no new features. Switch to Ruby 4.0 →

instance method

File::Stat#file?

stat.file? → true or false

Returns true if stat is a regular file (not a device file, pipe, socket, etc.).

Example
File.stat("testfile").file?   #=> true
See also #executable_real? #ftype #executable? #gid also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0