Verifying that a file exists with PowerShell

If you use PowerShell a lot, there are going to be times that you need to import data from another file (like a list of servers from a text file to automate a task on many machines). This snippet sets a variable to a file path, tests the files location using the test-path function, and returns True if it exists and False if it does not.

If the file exists:

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$file = "m:\scripts\test.txt"
$test = test-path $file
$test

True

If the file doesnt exist:

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$file = "m:\scripts\test2.txt"
$test = test-path $file
$test

False