How can I check if a file exists in Perl?

Question

I have a relative path

   $base_path = \"input/myMock.TGZ\";

myMock.TGZ is the file name located in input folder. The filenam

Answer 1

Use:

if (-f $filePath)
{
  # code
}

-e returns true even if the file is a directory. -f will only return true if it's an actual file