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import pathlib
import os


    

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os.makedirs('temp', exist_ok=True)


    

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p_empty = pathlib.Path('temp/empty_file.txt')


    

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print(p_empty)


    

    




temp/empty_file.txt

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print(type(p_empty))


    

    




<class 'pathlib.PosixPath'>

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print(p_empty.exists())


    

    




False

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p_empty.touch()


    

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print(p_empty.exists())


    

    




True

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p_empty.touch()


    

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# p_empty.touch(exist_ok=False)
# FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'temp/empty_file.txt'


    

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# pathlib.Path('temp/new_dir/empty_file.txt').touch()
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/new_dir/empty_file.txt'


    

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p_empty_new = pathlib.Path('temp/new_dir/empty_file.txt')
p_empty_new.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
p_empty_new.touch()


    

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pathlib.Path('temp/empty_file2.txt').touch()


    

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p_new = pathlib.Path('temp/new_file.txt')


    

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print(p_new.exists())


    

    




False

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with p_new.open(mode='w') as f:
    f.write('line 1\nline 2\nline 3')


    

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with p_new.open() as f:
    print(f.read())


    

    




line 1
line 2
line 3

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s = p_new.read_text()


    

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print(s)


    

    




line 1
line 2
line 3

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print(type(s))


    

    




<class 'str'>

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i = p_new.write_text('new text')


    

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print(i)


    

    




8

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print(p_new.read_text())


    

    




new text

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p_new2 = pathlib.Path('temp/new_file2.txt')


    

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print(p_new2.exists())


    

    




False

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# print(p_new2.read_text())
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/new_file2.txt'


    

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print(p_new2.write_text('new text2'))


    

    




9

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print(p_new2.read_text())


    

    




new text2

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# print(pathlib.Path('temp/new_dir2/new_file.txt').write_text('new_text'))
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/new_dir2/new_file.txt'


    

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p_text_new = pathlib.Path('temp/new_dir2/new_file.txt')
p_text_new.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
print(p_text_new.write_text('new_text'))


    

    




8

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print(p_text_new.read_text())


    

    




new_text

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print(pathlib.Path('temp/new_file3.txt').write_text('new_text3'))


    

    




9

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print(pathlib.Path('temp/new_file3.txt').read_text())


    

    




new_text3

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p_empty = pathlib.Path('temp/empty_file.txt')


    

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print(p_empty.exists())


    

    




True

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p_empty.unlink()


    

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print(p_empty.exists())


    

    




False

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# p_empty.unlink()
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/empty_file.txt'


    

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p_dir = pathlib.Path('temp/')


    

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# p_dir.unlink()
# PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 'temp'


    

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for p in p_dir.iterdir():
    if p.is_file():
        p.unlink()


    

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[p.unlink() for p in p_dir.iterdir() if p.is_file()]


    

    
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[]

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import shutil

shutil.rmtree('temp')