Democritus File System (Files and Directories)

Democritus functions^[1] for working with files and directories.

[1] Democritus functions are simple, effective, modular, well-tested, and well-documented Python functions.

We use d8s (pronounced "dee-eights") as an abbreviation for democritus (you can read more about this here).

Installation

pip install d8s-file-system

Usage

You import the library like:

from d8s_file_system import *

Once imported, you can use any of the functions listed below.

Functions

• def is_file(path: str) -> bool:
      """Determine if the given path is a file."""

• def file_read(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Read the file at the given file_path as a string."""

• def file_read_bytes(file_path: str) -> bytes:
      """Read the file at the given file_path as bytes."""

• def file_write(file_path: str, file_contents: Any) -> bool:
      """Write the given content to the file at the given path (including a file name)."""

• def file_append(file_path: str, file_contents: Any) -> bool:
      """Append the given content to the file at the given path (including a file name)."""

• def file_move(starting_path: str, destination_path: str):
      """Move the file from the starting path to the destination path."""

• def file_copy(starting_path: str, destination_path: str, *, preserve_metadata: bool = False):
      """Copy the file from the starting_path to the destination path."""

• def file_delete(file_path: str):
      """Delete the given file."""

• def file_owner_name(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the owner of the file at the given path."""

• def file_change_owner(file_path: str):
      """Change the ownership of the given file."""

• def file_ssdeep(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the ssdeep fuzzy hash of the file."""

• def file_md5(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the md5 hash of the given file."""

• def file_sha1(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the sha1 hash of the given file."""

• def file_sha256(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the sha256 hash of the given file."""

• def file_sha512(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the sha512 hash of the given file."""

• def file_name_escape(file_name_arg: str) -> str:
      """Escape the name of a file so that it can be used as a file name in a file path."""

• def file_name(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the file name from the given file path."""

• def file_name_windows(windows_file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the file name from the given windows_file_path."""

• def file_name_unix(unix_file_path: str) -> str:
      """Find the file name from the given unix_file_path."""

• def file_size(file_path: str) -> int:
      """Find the file size."""

• def file_directory(file_path: str) -> str:
      """Return the directory in which the given file resides."""

• def file_details(file_path: str) -> Dict[str, Union[str, int]]:
      """Get file hashes and file size for the given file."""

• def file_exists(file_path: str) -> bool:
      """Check if the file exists."""

• def file_is_readable(file_path: str) -> bool:
      """Check if the file is readable."""

• def file_is_writable(file_path: str) -> bool:
      """Check if the file is writable."""

• def file_is_executable(file_path: str) -> bool:
      """Check if the file is executable."""

• def file_contains(file_path: str, pattern: str, *, pattern_is_regex: bool = False) -> bool:
      """Return whether or not the file contains the given pattern."""

• def file_search(file_path: str, pattern: str, *, pattern_is_regex: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """Search for the given pattern in the file."""

• def file_name_matches(file_path: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
      """Return whether or not the file name contains the given pattern."""

• def is_directory(path: str) -> bool:
      """Determine if the given path is a directory."""

• def directory_exists(directory_path: str) -> bool:
      """Check if the directory exists."""

• def directory_file_names(directory_path: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """List files at the given directory_path."""

• def directory_file_paths(directory_path: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """List the file paths at the given directory_path."""

• def directory_copy(src_path: str, dst_path: str):
      """Copy the directory from the src_path to the destination path."""

• def directory_delete(directory_path: str):
      """Delete the given directory."""

• def directory_create(directory_path: str, mode=0o777):
      """Create a directory."""

• def directory_disk_usage(directory_path: str):
      """Return the disk usage for the given directory."""

• def directory_disk_free_space(directory_path: str):
      """Return the free space in the given directory."""

• def directory_disk_used_space(directory_path: str):
      """Return the used space in the given directory."""

• def directory_disk_total_space(directory_path: str):
      """Return the total space in the given directory."""

• def home_directory() -> str:
      """Return the home directory."""

• def home_directory_join(path: str) -> str:
      """Join the given path with the home directory."""

• def directory_move(src_path: str, dst_path: str):
      """Move the directory from the src_path to the dst_path."""

• def directory_files_details(directory_path: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Union[str, int]]]:
      """Return the file details for each file in the directory at the given path."""

• def directory_files_read(directory_path: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, str]]:
      """Read all files in the directory_path."""

• def directory_subdirectory_names(directory_path: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """List the names of all subdirectories in the given directory."""

• def directory_files_containing(
      directory_path: str, pattern: str, *, pattern_is_regex: bool = False, recursive: bool = False
  ) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
      """Search for the given pattern in all files in the given directory_path."""

• def directory_file_paths_matching(directory_path: str, pattern: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """Return the paths of all of the files in the given directory which match the pattern."""

• def directory_file_names_matching(directory_path: str, pattern: str, *, recursive: bool = False) -> List[str]:
      """Return the names of all of the files in the given directory which match the pattern."""

• def directory_read_files_with_path_matching(
      directory_path: str, pattern: str, *, recursive: bool = False
  ) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, str]]:
      """Read all of the files in the given directory whose paths match the given pattern."""

• def atomic_write(fpath, *, overwrite: bool = True, **cls_kwargs):
      """Create a context manager to write atomically using the AtomicWriterPerms class to update file permissions."""

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Credits

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