How to check that a file or directory exists with Python?

check_file.py

# example taken from https://tutorials.technology/tutorials/08-How-to-check-that-file-exists-with-Python.html
from pathlib import Path

def file_or_directory(pathname):
    file_or_directory = Path(pathname)
    if file_or_directroty.exists():
        if file_or_directory.is_file():
            print('Filename {0} is a file!'.format(pathname)
        else:
            print('Filename {0} is a directory!'.format(pathname)
    else:
        print('Filename {0} does not exists.'.format(pathname))