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isfile

checks whether argument is an existing file

Syntax

x = isfile(filenames)

Arguments

filenames

a character string or a string matrix.

x

a matrix of boolean (%t if filenames are existing files).

Description

x = isfile(filenames) checks whether filenames is an existing file or not (a directory is not a file). See also isdir.

Examples

filenames = ls(SCI)

x = isfile(filenames)

isfile(SCI + '/etc')
isdir(SCI + '/etc')

See also

  • fileinfo — provide information about some files of any type
  • isdir — checks that a path points to an existing directory
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