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instance method

Pathname#file?

() -> bool
file? → true or false

Returns whether the entry at the path in self exists and is a regular file; see Pathname#ftype:

Example
Pathname('/etc/passwd').file? # => true
Pathname('/etc').file?        # => false
Pathname('nosuch').file?      # => false
See also #extname #find #expand_path #fnmatch also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0