[Dealing with files] #python

dealing_with_files_in_python.py

"""
For most purposes, the pathlib lib replaces all the with open() file stuff.
"""

from pathlib import Path 

# to get the contents of a file
txt = Path(txt_file).read_text() # txt_file can be str or Path obj
bin_data = Path(binary_file).read_bytes() # binary_file can be str or Path obj

# write to a file
Path("a txt file.txt").write_text(txt)
Path("a binary file.bin").write_bytes(bin_data)

# to get a list of all files in the current dir with *.txt in the name
Path.cwd().glob('*.txt')

# or search recursively in current and all child subdirs
Path.cwd().rglob('*.txt')

# other useful stuff
p = Path("somefile.zip") 
p.stat().st_size  # size in bytes - /1024**2 for MB or **3 for GB
p.stat().st_ctime # creation time
p.stat().st_mtime # last modified time

# delete a file
p.unlink(missing_ok=True) # true means it doesn't raise error for missing files.