We can follow different approaches to get the file size in Python. It’s important to get the file size in Python to monitor file size or in case of ordering files in directory according to file size.
Method 1: Using getsize function of os.path module
This function takes a file path as argument and it returns the file size (bytes).
Example:
Python3
# approach 1 # using getsize function os.path module import os file_size = os.path.getsize('d:/file.jpg') print("File Size is :", file_size, "bytes") |
Output:
File Size is : 218 bytes
Method 2: Using stat function of the OS module
This function takes a file path as argument (string or file object) and returns statistical details about file path given as input.
Example:
Python3
# approach 2 # using stat function of os module import os file_size = os.stat('d:/file.jpg') print("Size of file :", file_size.st_size, "bytes") |
Output:
Size of file : 218 bytes
Method 3: Using File Object
To get the file size, follow these steps –
- Use open function to open the file and store the returned object in a variable. When the file is opened, cursor points to the beginning of the file.
- File object has seek method use to set the cursor to the desired location. It accepts 2 arguments – start location and end location. To set the cursor at the end location of the file use method os.SEEK_END.
- File object has tell method that can be used to get the current cursor location which will be equivalent to the number of bytes cursor has moved. So this method actually returns the size of the file in bytes.
Example:
Python3
# approach 3 # using file object # open file file = open('d:/file.jpg') # get the cursor positioned at end file.seek(0, os.SEEK_END) # get the current position of cursor # this will be equivalent to size of file print("Size of file is :", file.tell(), "bytes") |
Output:
Size of file is : 218 bytes
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