File Handling¶
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class
filehandling.
BatchProcess
(directory, extension=None, relative=False, smart_sort=None, reverse_sort=False)¶ Bases:
object
BatchProcess is a generator that enables you to easily iterate through a selection of files in a directoy.
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num_files
¶ Type: int The number of files in the selection
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current
¶ Type: int The index of the file currently pointed at
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files
¶ Type: list A list of strings of the filenames to be iterated over
Returns: file Return type: str A filename Examples
directory is a path to a folder or expression for pattern matching. eg. /Documents/Example/a*b?.txt This returns files beginning in a with a b as the penultimate letter and file extension .txt
- for filename in BatchProcess(directory):
- print(filename)
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filehandling.
create_directory
(initialdir='/', title='Create directory', parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to create a directory
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The path of the created directory
Return type: str
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filehandling.
create_filename
(initialdir='/', title='Save File', filetypes=(('all files', '*.*'), ), append_time=False, parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to save a file.
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- filetypes (tuple) – Sequence of (label, pattern) tuples. The same label may occur with several patterns. Use “*” as the pattern to indicate all files.
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected filename
Return type: str
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filehandling.
datetime_stamp
(format_string='%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')¶ Get string for current date and time
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filehandling.
get_directory
(initialdir='/', title='Select a directory', parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to select a directory
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected directory
Return type: str
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filehandling.
get_directory_filenames
(directory, reverse_sort=False, smart_sort=None, relative=False, extension=None)¶ Returns all the files from a directory.
Can set the filetype using extension.
Parameters: - directory (str) – Filepath pointing to the directory with the final / Can use this with glob wildcards to use more complicated patterns.
- reverse_sort (bool) – If true files returns in reverse alphabetical order
- relative (bool) – If True files will be returned without the directory
- smart_sort (function_handle or None) –
- extension (str) – Extension filetype to be used as filter.
Returns: files – List of all the files that match the pattern.
Return type: list
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filehandling.
get_ext
(filepath)¶ Returns the extension from a filepath
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filehandling.
get_filename
(initialdir='/', title='Select File', filetypes=(('all files', '*.*'), ), parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to return a filename to open
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- filetypes (tuple) – Sequence of (label, pattern) tuples. The same label may occur with several patterns. Use “*” as the pattern to indicate all files.
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected filename
Return type: str
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filehandling.
get_filenames
()¶
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filehandling.
get_name
(filepath)¶ Returns the filename of a path without the directory
/foo/bar/name.txt -> name.txt
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filehandling.
list_files
(directory, reverse_sort=False, smart_sort=None, relative=False, extension=None)¶ Returns all the files from a directory.
Can set the filetype using extension.
Parameters: - directory (str) – Filepath pointing to the directory with the final / Can use this with glob wildcards to use more complicated patterns.
- reverse_sort (bool) – If true files returns in reverse alphabetical order
- relative (bool) – If True files will be returned without the directory
- smart_sort (function_handle or None) –
- extension (str) – Extension filetype to be used as filter.
Returns: files – List of all the files that match the pattern.
Return type: list
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filehandling.
open_directory
(initialdir='/', title='Select a directory', parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to select a directory
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected directory
Return type: str
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filehandling.
open_filename
(initialdir='/', title='Select File', filetypes=(('all files', '*.*'), ), parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to return a filename to open
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- filetypes (tuple) – Sequence of (label, pattern) tuples. The same label may occur with several patterns. Use “*” as the pattern to indicate all files.
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected filename
Return type: str
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filehandling.
remove_ext
(filepath)¶ Returns the file without extension from a filepath
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filehandling.
remove_file
(filepath)¶ Returns the top directory from a filepath
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filehandling.
remove_path
(filepath)¶ Returns the name of the file from a filepath
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filehandling.
save_filename
(initialdir='/', title='Save File', filetypes=(('all files', '*.*'), ), append_time=False, parent=None)¶ Opens a filedialog to save a file.
Parameters: - initialdir (str) – The initial directory
- title (str) – Message box title
- filetypes (tuple) – Sequence of (label, pattern) tuples. The same label may occur with several patterns. Use “*” as the pattern to indicate all files.
- parent (widget) – If using with tkinter gui provide the parent so focus is returned.
Returns: filename – The selected filename
Return type: str
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filehandling.
smart_number_sort
(filenames)¶