IF File Exist

[supersoup]

I am brand new to batch files and dos commands and i would like to make a file that tells me if a file exists or not. This is what i have:

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echo off
if not exist "C:\Folder A\File Q.txt" goto ELSE
echo The file C:\Folder A\File Q.txt DOES exist. >> "IF Test Results.txt"
goto END
ELSE
echo The file C:\Folder A\File Q.txt DOES NOT exist. >> "IF Test Results.txt"
:END

This code works correctly when i test it on files that do exist, but does nothing when i test it on files that do not exits.

Please help

[RElliott63]

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echo off
if not exist "C:\Folder A\File Q.txt" goto ELSE
echo The file C:\Folder A\File Q.txt DOES exist. >> "IF Test Results.txt"
goto END
ELSE
echo The file C:\Folder A\File Q.txt DOES NOT exist. >> "IF Test Results.txt"
:END

Try something like this ...

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echo off
if not exist "C:\Folder A\File Q.txt" (
   echo File does NOT exist!
   echo The file "C:\Folder A\File Q.txt" DOES NOT exist.   >> "IF Test Results.txt"
) Else (
   echo File exists!
   echo The file "C:\Folder A\File Q.txt" DOES exist. >> "IF Test Results.txt"
)
:END

[supersoup]

That worked like a charm! Thanks

I have written another batch file that lists the contents in a particular folder:

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echo Contents of Folder A >> "Folder A Contents.txt"
dir "C:\Folder A" /s /b >> "Folder A Contents.txt"

How do i get the the previous code to see if files in "Folder A Contents.txt" exist in another folder?

[avery_larry]

Not sure I understand completely but . . .

(untested)

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for /f "skip=1 usebackq" %%a in ("Folder A Contents.txt") do (
   if exist "c:\other directory\%%~nxa" (
      echo Put your code here for what to do if the file exists
      ) else (
         echo Put your code here for what to do if the file doesn't exist
   )
)