5.1.4. Examples of IF commandΒΆ

Note

For advanced help, see IF.

Sample script which shows behaviour of IF EXIST when a file exists.

When we run command as shown below:

1IF EXIST basic-dos-loop-1234.bat echo basic-dos-loop-1234.bat Exists

The output is:

basic-dos-loop-1234.bat Exists

Sample script which shows behaviour IF EXIST for a missing file.

When we run command as shown below:

1IF NOT EXIST missing_file echo missing_file does not exist

The output is:

missing_file does not exist

Sample script which shows usage of ELSE for IF command.

When we run command as shown below:

1IF EXIST missing_file2 (
2    echo Really? missing_file2 exists?
3) ELSE (
4    echo missing_file2 does not exist
5)

The output is:

missing_file2 does not exist