If you want to check if a command exists or not using a bash script, you can take help from the below example.
Example:
#!/bin/bash
if command -v ls >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Command ls exists."
else
echo "Command ls does not exist."
fi
if command -v clean >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Command clean exists."
else
echo "Command clean does not exist."
fi
Output:
./bash_script.sh
Command ls exists.
Command clean does not exist.
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