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instance method

Pathname#exist?

() -> bool

exist? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/pathname_builtin.rb, line 2380
def exist?() FileTest.exist?(@path) end

Returns whether the entry represented by self exists:

Example

Pathname('.').exist?         # => true
Pathname('README.md').exist? # => true
Pathname('nosuch').exist?    # => false

See also #executable_real? #expand_path #executable? #extname also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0