add convenience function

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/client/go/util/io.go b/client/go/util/io.go
index 68e855b0c3e..fc81bb38f6f 100644
--- a/client/go/util/io.go
+++ b/client/go/util/io.go
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ func IsDirectory(path string) bool {
 	return !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) && info.IsDir()
 }
 
+// Returns true is the given path points to an existing file
+func IsRegularFile(path string) bool {
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	return !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) && info.Mode().IsRegular()
+}
+
 // Returns the content of a reader as a string
 func ReaderToString(reader io.Reader) string {
 	var buffer strings.Builder