pathlib

Object-oriented file paths that work on every operating system.

Beginner

from pathlib import Path
data = Path.home() / "projects" / "logs"
data.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for p in data.glob("*.csv"):
    print(p.name, p.stat().st_size)
text = (data / "readme.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8")

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