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diff --git a/std/fs/exists.ts b/std/fs/exists.ts
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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+/**
+ * Test whether or not the given path exists by checking with the file system
+ */
+export async function exists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  return Deno.lstat(filePath)
+    .then((): boolean => true)
+    .catch((): boolean => false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Test whether or not the given path exists by checking with the file system
+ */
+export function existsSync(filePath: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    Deno.lstatSync(filePath);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}