17.3. Pathlib Files

17.3.1. SetUp

✘>>> from pathlib import Path

17.3.2. Create File

Touch creates a file

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.touch()

17.3.3. Is File

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.is_file()
True

17.3.4. Read Text

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> result = myfile.read_text()

17.3.5. Name

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.name
'myfile.txt'

17.3.6. Stem

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.stem
'myfile'

17.3.7. Parent

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.parent
PosixPath('/tmp')

17.3.8. Suffix

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.suffix
'.txt'

17.3.9. Suffixes

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.suffixes
['.txt']

17.3.10. Glob and Rglob

SetUp:

✘>>> mydir = Path('/tmp/mydir/')
>>> mydir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
>>> (mydir / 'myfile1.md').touch()
>>> (mydir / 'myfile2.md').touch()

Usage:

✘>>> mydir.glob('*.md')
<map object at 0x...>
>>>
>>> sorted(mydir.glob('*.md'))
[PosixPath('/tmp/mydir/myfile1.md'), PosixPath('/tmp/mydir/myfile2.md')]

✘>>> sorted(mydir.rglob('*.md'))
[PosixPath('/tmp/mydir/myfile1.md'), PosixPath('/tmp/mydir/myfile2.md')]

17.3.11. Join Paths

✘>>> mydir = Path('/tmp/mydirectory/')
>>> myfile = mydir / 'myfile.txt'

✘>>> myfile = Path('/')
>>> myfile /= 'tmp'
>>> myfile /= 'mydirectory'
>>> myfile /= 'myfile.txt'

17.3.12. Stat

$ stat -r /tmp/mydir/myfile.txt
16777234 74991501 0100644 1 501 0 0 23 1739435370 1739435370 1739435522 1739434616 4096 8 64 /tmp/mydirectory/myfile.txt

$ stat /tmp/mydir/myfile.txt
16777234 74991501 -rw-r--r-- 1 matt wheel 0 23 "Feb 13 09:29:30 2025" "Feb 13 09:29:30 2025" "Feb 13 09:32:02 2025" "Feb 13 09:16:56 2025" 4096 8 0x40 /tmp/mydirectory/myfile.txt

✘>>> myfile = Path('/tmp/mydir/myfile.txt')
>>> myfile.stat()
os.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=73966028, st_dev=16777234, st_nlink=1, st_uid=501, st_gid=20, st_size=8965, st_atime=1739174544, st_mtime=1739174544, st_ctime=1739174544)

✘>>> oct(33188)
'0o100644'

✘>>> from datetime import datetime, timezone
>>>
>>> datetime.fromtimestamp(1739174544, tz=timezone.utc)
datetime.datetime(2025, 2, 10, 8, 2, 24, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)

17.3.13. Use Case - 1

✘>>> FILE = '/tmp/mydir/myfile.txt'
>>> with open(FILE) as file:
...     content = file.read()

✘>>> FILE = Path('/tmp/mydir/myfile.txt')
>>> with open(FILE) as file:
...     content = file.read()

✘>>> file = Path('/tmp/mydir/myfile.txt')
>>> result = file.read_text()

17.3.14. Use Case - 1

✘>>> from itertools import chain
>>>
>>>
>>> mydir = Path('/tmp/mydir')
>>> files = chain(
...     mydir.rglob('*.md'),
...     mydir.rglob('*.html'),
... )
>>>
>>> for file in sorted(files):
...     print(file)
...
/tmp/mydir/myfile1.md
/tmp/mydir/myfile2.md

17.3.15. Use Case - 2

✘>>> directories = [
...     '/tmp/mydir',
...     '/tmp/newdir',
...     '/tmp/otherdir',
... ]

✘>>> for directory in map(Path, directories):
...     print(directory.exists())
...
True
False
False

✘>>> for directory in map(Path, directories):
...     for file in directory.rglob('*.txt'):
...         print(file)
...
/tmp/mydir/myfile.txt

17.3.16. Use Case - 3

✘>>> directories = [
...     Path('/tmp/mydir'),
...     Path('/tmp/newdir'),
...     Path('/tmp/otherdir'),
... ]
>>>
>>> for directory in directories:
...     directory.exists()
...
True
False
False