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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# imtest.py - Test whether an image file exists or not.
+#
+# Author: Paul McCarthy <pauldmccarthy@gmail.com>
+#
+"""The ``imtest`` script can be used to test whether an image file exists or
+not, without having to know the file suffix (.nii, .nii.gz, etc).
+"""
+
+
+import os.path        as op
+import                   sys
+import                   warnings
+
+import fsl.utils.path as fslpath
+
+# See atlasq.py for explanation
+with warnings.catch_warnings():
+    warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=FutureWarning)
+    import fsl.data.image as fslimage
+
+
+ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = fslimage.ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS + ['.mnc', '.mnc.gz']
+"""List of file extensions that are supported by ``imln``. """
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    """Test if an image path exists, and prints ``'1'`` if it does or ``'0'``
+    if it doesn't.
+    """
+
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    # emulate old fslio/imtest - always return 0
+    if len(argv) != 1:
+        print('0')
+        return 0
+
+    path = fslpath.removeExt(argv[0], ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS)
+    path = op.realpath(path)
+
+    # getFileGroup will raise an error
+    # if the image (including all
+    # components - i.e. header and
+    # image) does not exist
+    try:
+        fslpath.getFileGroup(path,
+                             allowedExts=ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS,
+                             fileGroups=fslimage.FILE_GROUPS,
+                             unambiguous=True)
+        print('1')
+    except fslpath.PathError:
+        print('0')
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())