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Build a File Index by Relative Path Hash Map in Python
Recursively walk a directory and map normalized relative paths to absolute file paths using a defaultdict hash map.
import os
from collections import defaultdict
def build_file_index(root_dir):
index = defaultdict(list)
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_dir):
for filename in filenames:
full_path = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
relative_path = os.path.relpath(full_path, roo…Build a Python Script That Detects and Deletes Empty Files Across Folders
A Python script that recursively finds and removes all zero-byte files across nested directories, returning a list of deleted paths.
import os
from pathlib import Path
def find_and_delete_empty_files(root_dir: str) -> list:
"""Find and delete all empty files under root_dir. Returns list of deleted paths."""
deleted = []
for file_path in Path(root_dir).rglob('*'):
if file_path.is_file() and file_path.stat().st_size == 0:
…Compare Two Folder Structures and Find Differences in Python
Walks two directories using os.walk, builds sets of relative paths, and prints items that exist in only one folder.
import os
def compare_folders(path1, path2):
"""
Compare the file/folder structure of two directories and print differences.
"""
def get_structure(root):
structure = set()
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
rel_path = os.path.relpath(dirpath, root)
…How to Create Nested Directories with pathlib mkdir parents in Python
Create nested directories with pathlib's Path.mkdir using parents=True and exist_ok=True to avoid errors when paths already exist.
from pathlib import Path
def create_nested_directories(base_path: str, dirs: list[str]) -> None:
for directory in dirs:
path = Path(base_path) / directory
path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
print(f"Created: {path}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = "output"
nested_dirs = ["2…How to Find Files by Extension in Python
This code walks a directory tree with pathlib, collects all file paths, and counts them by extension to summarize a project's contents.
from pathlib import Path
def get_project_files(base_path="."):
"""Return a sorted list of all file paths under base_path."""
base = Path(base_path)
files = [p for p in base.rglob("*") if p.is_file()]
return sorted(files)
def count_by_extension(files):
"""Return a dict mapping extension (lowercase…How to Parse Path Components with pathlib Path in Python
Parse a file path into parent directory, filename, stem, suffix, and parts using the standard library pathlib module.
from pathlib import Path
if __name__ == "__main__":
p = Path("data/reports/2024/final.txt")
print(f"Path: {p}")
print(f"Parent: {p.parent}")
print(f"Name: {p.name}")
print(f"Stem: {p.stem}")
print(f"Suffix: {p.suffix}")
print(f"Parts: {p.parts}")
print(f"Anchor: {p.anchor}")
print(…Browse by section
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