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Ditch "os.path" and master Python's pathlib module today:

Pathlib is a Python module that turns file system paths into easy-to-manage objects, making your code cleaner and more intuitive.

Today, I'll explain everything you need to know about pathlib!

Let's go! 🚀

1️⃣ Importing

Pathlib comes as a builtin module in python, here's how you import it:

2️⃣ Creating Paths

Instead of dealing with file path strings, `pathlib` allows you to create path objects easily. Here's how you can define a path to your home directory:

3️⃣ Navigating with Paths

`pathlib` makes navigating through directories a breeze. Use the `/` operator to join paths intuitively:

4️⃣ Checking Path Existence

Before you perform any file operations, you can check if the path exists:

5️⃣ Reading & Writing Files

`pathlib` simplifies file operations. Here's how to write and then read from a file:

6️⃣ Listing Directory Contents

List all files in a directory with `iterdir`, and filter them easily with comprehensions:

8️⃣ Path Properties & working with parts of path

`pathlib` makes it easy to access path properties & different parts of a path, such as the parent directory, name of the file, or its suffix & more...

9️⃣ Getting File Size

You can call .stat() method on a Path object & it retrieves:

• File size
• Permissions
• Modification time
• Owner and group IDs

Here's how we can get file size using this:

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