If I want to check for the existence of a single file, I can test for it using test -e filename
or [ -e filename ]
.
Supposing I have a glob
Based on flabdablet's answer, for me it looks like easiest (not necessarily fastest) is just to use find itself, while leaving glob expansion on shell, like:
find /some/{p,long-p}ath/with/*globs* -quit &> /dev/null && echo "MATCH"
Or in if
like:
if find $yourGlob -quit &> /dev/null; then
echo "MATCH"
else
echo "NOT-FOUND"
fi