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Pathlib File Operations

Modern file system operations using pathlib for reading, writing, globbing, and path manipulation.

python
from pathlib import Path

# Path construction
base = Path.home() / "projects" / "myapp"
config = base / "config" / "settings.json"

# Read / write
config.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
config.write_text('{"debug": true}')
data = config.read_text()

# Glob patterns
py_files = list(base.rglob("*.py"))
test_files = list(base.glob("tests/test_*.py"))

# Path info
print(config.stem)       # 'settings'
print(config.suffix)     # '.json'
print(config.exists())   # True
print(config.is_file())  # True

# Rename / move
new_path = config.with_suffix(".yaml")
config.rename(new_path)

# Iterate directory
for item in base.iterdir():
    kind = "dir" if item.is_dir() else "file"
    print(f"{kind}: {item.name}")

Use Cases

  • File processing scripts
  • Config file management
  • Directory traversal

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