In Perl, checking whether a file exists is a fundamental task for various operations involving file handling. To perform this check, you can leverage the -e operator, which evaluates to true if the file exists and false otherwise. The syntax for using the -e operator is straightforward:
if (-e $filename) { # File exists} else { # File does not exist}
Alternatively, you can utilize the -f operator, which specifically checks for the existence of a regular file. It returns true if the file is a regular file and false otherwise. The syntax for using the -f operator is similar to that of the -e operator: