high-level file-system operations for lazy devs.
pip install python-fsutilJust import the main module and call its methods.
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# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist or it is not a directory.
fsutil.assert_dir(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist.
fsutil.assert_exists(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist or it is not a file.
fsutil.assert_file(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path is an existing directory.
fsutil.assert_not_dir(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path already exists.
fsutil.assert_not_exists(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path is an existing file.
fsutil.assert_not_file(path)# Clean a directory by removing empty sub-directories and/or empty files.
fsutil.clean_dir(path, dirs=True, files=True)# Convert the given size bytes to string using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.convert_size_bytes_to_string(size)# Convert the given size string to bytes.
size_bytes = fsutil.convert_size_string_to_bytes(size)# Copy the directory at the given path and all its content to dest path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
fsutil.copy_dir(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Copy the content of the directory at the given path to dest path.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
fsutil.copy_dir_content(path, dest, **kwargs)# Copy the file at the given path and its metadata to dest path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2
fsutil.copy_file(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Create directory at the given path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and path exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.create_dir(path, overwrite=False)# Create file with the specified content at the given path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and path exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.create_file(path, content="", overwrite=False)# Create tar file at path compressing directories/files listed in content_paths.
# If overwrite is allowed and dest tar already exists, it will be overwritten.
fsutil.create_tar_file(path, content_paths, overwrite=True, compression="gzip")# Create zip file at path compressing directories/files listed in content_paths.
# If overwrite is allowed and dest zip already exists, it will be overwritten.
fsutil.create_zip_file(path, content_paths, overwrite=True, compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)# Alias for remove_dir.
fsutil.delete_dir(path)# Alias for remove_dir_content.
fsutil.delete_dir_content(path)# Alias for remove_dirs.
fsutil.delete_dirs(*paths)# Alias for remove_file.
fsutil.delete_file(path)# Alias for remove_files.
fsutil.delete_files(*paths)# Download a file from url to the given dirpath and return the filepath.
# If dirpath is not provided, the file will be downloaded to a temp directory.
# If filename is provided, the file will be named using filename.
# It is possible to pass extra request options (eg. for authentication) using **kwargs.
filepath = fsutil.download_file(url, dirpath=None, filename="archive.zip", chunk_size=8192, **kwargs)# Check if a directory of a file exists at the given path.
value = fsutil.exists(path)# Extract tar file at path to dest path.
# If autodelete, the archive will be deleted after extraction.
# If content_paths list is defined, only listed items will be extracted, otherwise all.
fsutil.extract_tar_file(path, dest, content_paths=None, autodelete=False)# Extract zip file at path to dest path.
# If autodelete, the archive will be deleted after extraction.
# If content_paths list is defined, only listed items will be extracted, otherwise all.
fsutil.extract_zip_file(path, dest, content_paths=None, autodelete=False)# Get the directory creation date.
date = fsutil.get_dir_creation_date(path)# Get the directory creation date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_dir_creation_date_formatted(path, format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')# Get the hash of the directory at the given path using
# the specified algorithm function (md5 by default).
hash = fsutil.get_dir_hash(path, func="md5")# Get the directory last modification date.
date = fsutil.get_dir_last_modified_date(path)# Get the directory last modification date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_dir_last_modified_date_formatted(path, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")# Get the directory size in bytes.
size = fsutil.get_dir_size(path)# Get the directory size formatted using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.get_dir_size_formatted(path)# Get the file basename from the given path/url.
basename = fsutil.get_file_basename(path)# Get the file creation date.
date = fsutil.get_file_creation_date(path)# Get the file creation date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_file_creation_date_formatted(path, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")# Get the file extension from the given path/url.
extension = fsutil.get_file_extension(path)# Get the hash of the file at the given path using
# the specified algorithm function (md5 by default).
filehash = fsutil.get_file_hash(path, func="md5")# Get the file last modification date.
date = fsutil.get_file_last_modified_date(path)# Get the file last modification date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_file_last_modified_date_formatted(path, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")# Get the file size in bytes.
size = fsutil.get_file_size(path)# Get the file size formatted using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.get_file_size_formatted(path)# Get the filename from the given path/url.
filename = fsutil.get_filename(path)# Get the parent directory for the given path going up N levels.
parent_dir = fsutil.get_parent_dir(path, levels=1)# Get the file/directory permissions.
permissions = fsutil.get_permissions(path)# Get a unique name for a directory/file at the given directory path.
unique_name = fsutil.get_unique_name(path, prefix="", suffix="", extension="", separator="-")# Determine whether the specified path represents an existing directory.
value = fsutil.is_dir(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty directory or an empty file.
value = fsutil.is_empty(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty directory.
value = fsutil.is_empty_dir(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty file.
value = fsutil.is_empty_file(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an existing file.
value = fsutil.is_file(path)# Create a filename joining the file basename and the extension.
filename = fsutil.join_filename(basename, extension)# Create a filepath joining the directory path and the filename.
filepath = fsutil.join_filepath(dirpath, filename)# Create a path joining path and paths.
# If path is __file__ (or a .py file), the resulting path will be relative
# to the directory path of the module in which it's used.
path = fsutil.join_path(path, *paths)# List all directories contained at the given directory path.
dirs = fsutil.list_dirs(path)# List all files contained at the given directory path.
files = fsutil.list_files(path)# Create the directories needed to ensure that the given path exists.
# If a file already exists at the given path an OSError is raised.
fsutil.make_dirs(path)# Create the directories needed to ensure that the given path exists.
# If a directory already exists at the given path an OSError is raised.
fsutil.make_dirs_for_file(path)# Move an existing dir from path to dest directory.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.move
fsutil.move_dir(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Move an existing file from path to dest directory.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.move
fsutil.move_file(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Read the content of the file at the given path using the specified encoding.
content = fsutil.read_file(path, encoding="utf-8")# Read the content of the file at the given url.
content = fsutil.read_file_from_url(url, **kwargs)# Read and decode a json encoded file at the given path.
data = fsutil.read_file_json(path, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None)# Read file content lines.
# It is possible to specify the line indexes (negative indexes too),
# very useful especially when reading large files.
content = fsutil.read_file_lines(path, line_start=0, line_end=-1, strip_white=True, skip_empty=True, encoding="utf-8")# Read file lines count.
lines_count = fsutil.read_file_lines_count(path)# Remove a directory at the given path and all its content.
# If the directory is removed with success returns True, otherwise False.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.rmtree
fsutil.remove_dir(path, **kwargs)# Removes all directory content (both sub-directories and files).
fsutil.remove_dir_content(path)# Remove multiple directories at the given paths and all their content.
fsutil.remove_dirs(*paths)# Remove a file at the given path.
# If the file is removed with success returns True, otherwise False.
fsutil.remove_file(path)# Remove multiple files at the given paths.
fsutil.remove_files(*paths)# Rename a directory with the given name.
# If a directory or a file with the given name already exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.rename_dir(path, name)# Rename a file with the given name.
# If a directory or a file with the given name already exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.rename_file(path, name)# Rename a file basename with the given basename.
fsutil.rename_file_basename(path, basename)# Rename a file extension with the given extension.
fsutil.rename_file_extension(path, extension)# Replace directory at the specified path with the directory located at src.
# If autodelete, the src directory will be removed at the end of the operation.
# Optimized for large directories.
fsutil.replace_dir(path, src, autodelete=False)# Replace file at the specified path with the file located at src.
# If autodelete, the src file will be removed at the end of the operation.
# Optimized for large files.
fsutil.replace_file(path, src, autodelete=False)# Search for directories at path matching the given pattern.
dirs = fsutil.search_dirs(path, pattern="**/*")# Search for files at path matching the given pattern.
files = fsutil.search_files(path, pattern="**/*.*")# Set the file/directory permissions.
fsutil.set_permissions(path, 700)# Split a filename and returns its basename and extension.
basename, extension = fsutil.split_filename(path)# Split a filename and returns its directory-path and filename.
dirpath, filename = fsutil.split_filepath(path)# Split a path and returns its path-names.
path_names = fsutil.split_path(path)# Trasform a filepath by applying the provided optional changes.
filepath = fsutil.transform_filepath(path, dirpath=None, basename=lambda b: slugify(b), extension="webp")# Write file with the specified content at the given path.
fsutil.write_file(path, content, append=False, encoding="utf-8", atomic=False)# Write a json file at the given path with the specified data encoded in json format.
fsutil.write_file_json(path, data, encoding="utf-8", atomic=False, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, default=None, sort_keys=False)# clone repository
git clone https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/python-fsutil.git && cd python-fsutil
# create virtualenv and activate it
python -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
# upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
# install requirements
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
# install pre-commit to run formatters and linters
pre-commit install --install-hooks
# run tests using tox
tox
# or run tests using unittest
python -m unittestReleased under MIT License.
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