How to test if a named pipe exists?

Question

In order to test if a file exists I do:

if [ -f $FILE ]; 

but it doesn't work if $FILE is a named pipe, e.g. ls -l pipename shows a pipe with p attribute:

prw-r--r-- 1 usr grp 0 Nov 26 02:22 pipename 

How to test if a named pipe exists?

Answer 1

You could use the -p test

if [[ -p $pipe ]] 

or

if [ -p "$pipe" ]