How to check if a symlink exists

Question

I\'m trying to check if a symlink exists in bash. Here\'s what I\'ve tried.

mda=/usr/mda
if [ ! -L $mda ]; then
  echo \"=> File doesn\'t exist\"
fi


mda         


        

Answer 1

Maybe this is what you are looking for. To check if a file exist and is not a link.

Try this command:

file="/usr/mda" 
[ -f $file ] && [ ! -L $file ] && echo "$file exists and is not a symlink"