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pathlib examples
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| #Some simple file IO related operations | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| #Below takes care of os based differences | |
| dir_name = '/Users/Fruity/Local/datasets' | |
| file_name = 'CTX_Hip_10x_counts.h5' | |
| dir_path = Path(dir_name) | |
| #Use forward slashes to combine path | |
| file_path = dir_path / file_name | |
| #Paths can be converted to strings: | |
| str(dir_path) | |
| #Checking existence: | |
| print(dir_path.exists()) | |
| #Check specifically if directory or file | |
| print(dir_path.is_dir()) | |
| print(dir_path.is_file()) | |
| #Listing files that match a pattern in path | |
| all_files = Path(dir_path).glob('*.h5') | |
| all_files_list = list(all_files) | |
| print(all_files_list) | |
| #Pattern matching also like this: | |
| list(dir_path.glob('*.h5')) | |
| #Get current working directory | |
| Path.cwd() | |
| #Chop up the path | |
| print(file_path.parts()) | |
| print(file_path.parent()) | |
| #Can check for duplicate files | |
| dir_name = '/Users/Fruity/Local/datasets' | |
| file_1 = 'CTX_Hip_10x_counts.h5' | |
| file_2 = 'CTX_Hip_SS_counts.h5' | |
| file_1_path = Path(dir_name / file_1) | |
| file_2_path = Path(dir_name / file_2) | |
| file_1_path.samefile(file_2_path) #True/False | |
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