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Generate Timesheet Reports from Daily Logs in Python

Aggregate daily log entries by project and produce a formatted timesheet report using Python's standard library.

timesheet reporting aggregation
Python
import json
from pathlib import Path
from collections import defaultdict

def generate_timesheet_report(daily_logs: list[dict]) -> str:
    """
    Generate a timesheet report from daily log entries.
    
    Args:
        daily_logs: List of dicts with 'date', 'project', 'hours', 'task' keys
    
    Returns:
       …
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How to Check Disk Free Space in Python with shutil.disk_usage

This Python script uses the standard library shutil.disk_usage to report total, used, and free disk space in bytes, plus a percentage usage figure.

shutil disk usage disk space
Python
import shutil


def check_disk_free_space(path="/"):
    """Return a tuple of total, used, and free disk space in bytes."""
    usage = shutil.disk_usage(path)
    return usage.total, usage.used, usage.free


if __name__ == "__main__":
    total, used, free = check_disk_free_space()
    print(f"Total: {total:,} bytes"…
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How to Compare Directory Trees in Python

This code recursively scans two directory trees and reports files that exist in only one directory, as well as files present in both but with different content.

filesystem comparison pathlib
Python
from pathlib import Path

def compare_directories(path1, path2):
    dir1 = Path(path1)
    dir2 = Path(path2)

    if not dir1.is_dir() or not dir2.is_dir():
        raise ValueError("Both paths must be directories.")

    files1 = {p.relative_to(dir1) for p in dir1.rglob("*") if p.is_file()}
    files2 = {p.relative…
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