Testing for a file in python?

[A[r]TA]

> How would you go about testing if a certain file exists in python?
> In most scripting languages you have the -f test:
>
> if -f filename do
>    whatever_you_were_going_to_do
>    fi
> else do
>    print "Error" file not found
>    fi
>
> stat doesn't work, it aborts if the file does not exist.

try:
    open('filename')
except:
    print 'File does not exist'

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