Using JSch, is there a way to tell if a remote file exists without doing an ls?

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Using JSch, is there a way to tell if a remote file exists without doing an ls and looping through the files to find a name match?

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(This is if you’re using the SFTP part of the library, an assumption I made without thinking about it.)

I thought its ls(String path) would accept filenames; I can’t check at the moment.

If it doesn’t, you don’t need to iterate manually; you can use the selector variant:

ls(String path, ChannelSftp.LsEntrySelector selector)

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(This is if you&#8217;re using the SFTP part of the library, an assumption I made without thinking about it.)I thought its ls(String path) would accept filenames; I can&#8217;t check at the moment.If it doesn&#8217;t, you don&#8217;t need to iterate manually; you can use the selector variant:ls(String path, ChannelSftp.LsEntrySelector selector)

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