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existence

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Ruby on Rails latest stable (v6.1.7.7) - 0 notes - Class: Pathname
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existence() public

Returns the receiver if the named file exists otherwise returns nil. pathname.existence is equivalent to

pathname.exist? ? pathname : nil

For example, something like

content = pathname.read if pathname.exist?

becomes

content = pathname.existence&.read

@return [Pathname]

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