[SOLVED] I'm trying to check to see whether a file exists in a directory on Linux Mint but recieve error

Issue

I am attempting to see whether a file exists within a directory then if it doesn't exist, create it. I'm using Anaconda and Python version 3.7.4. However when I run the code I recieve the error NameError: name 'found' is not defined. I'm using Visual Studio Code and am quite new to programming!

import fnmatch

import os

print()
for file in os.listdir('/home/user/CI6724_J0874321_John/'):
    if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, 'CI5232_Logs.txt'):
        found = True

if found:
    print('File exists')
else:
    open('/home/user/CI6724_J0874321_John/', 'w')

Solution

wont be easier to do directly this?

with open("/home/user/CI6724_J0874321_John/CI5232_Logs.txt", "w") as f:
    # rest of the code..

The context path will create the file directly if not exit and if exits will be open in writing mode.

Answered By - Nico

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)