how to check

[Anonymous Monk]

beginner question: how to check whether the given input is a file or folder ?

 if -f $path 
 {
  do something 
 }

is it correct , i need to check the given path is a file or folder ?

[balakrishnan]

if (-f $ARGV[0]) {
        print "file";
} elsif(-d $ARGV[0]) {
        print "dir";
}

-f option is used to check whether the argument is a file or not.
-d option is used to check whether the argument is a directory or not.

[ig]

Your test will be true if $path is the path of a file. You can use '-d' to test if it is the path of a directory. Too see all the tests you can read -X

[Anonymous Monk]

Read perlintro

if ( -f $path )
{
  print "do something, its a file\n";
}