Test File Path in Python on Mac - VicPhanDevOps/mac GitHub Wiki

• Press the command key and spacebar to launch Spotlight Search, type “terminal” and select the “Terminal” application.
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• Type python3 and press the return key to launch the Python interactive shell.
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• Type import os and press the return key to import the os module.
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• Type from pathlib import Path and press the return key to import the Path object from the pathlib module.
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• Type variable = Path(“< file path >”) and press the return key to declare a variable and set its value as the file path you wish to test.
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• Type os.path.exists(< variable >) and press the return key to test the file path and it will return either True or False.
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• Type exit() or quit() and press the return key to exit the Python interactive shell and return to the UNIX-like shell.
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