Answers for "how to check for a file in python"

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python check if file exists

import os

os.path.exists("file.txt") # Or folder, will return true or false
Posted by: Guest on February-14-2020
11

python check if file exists

#using pathlib
from pathlib import Path

file_name = Path("file.txt")
if file_name.exists():
    print("exists") 
else:
    print("does not exist")
Posted by: Guest on June-20-2020
0

check if file is txt python

Assuming m is a string, you can use endswith:

if m.endswith('.mp3'):
...
elif m.endswith('.flac'):
...
To be case-insensitive, and to eliminate a potentially large else-if chain:

m.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))
Posted by: Guest on May-06-2021

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