Check if a directory exists

Use this Bash script, replacing /test with the full path to a possible directory, to check if the directory exists and tell you the result:

#!/bin/bash

target="/test"

echo "Checking for the $target directory";
if
	[ -d $target ];
then
	echo "The $target directory exists.";
else
	echo "The $target directory does not exist.";
fi;

Use this Bash script, replacing /test with the full path to a possible directory, to check if the directory exists, create it if it doesn’t, and tell you the results:

#!/bin/bash

target="/test"

echo "Checking for the $target directory";
if
	[ -d $target ];
then
	echo "The $target directory exists.";
else
	mkdir $target;
	echo "The $target directory did not exist and has been created.";
fi;

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.