Getting file size in Python

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Is there a built-in function for getting the size of a file object in bytes  I see some people do something like this   def getSize fileobject       fileobject seek 0 2    move the cursor to the end of the file     size   fileobject tell       return size  file   open  myfile bin    rb   print getSize file    But from my experience with Python  it has a lot of helper functions so I m guessing maybe there is one built-in

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You can use os stat path  call  http   docs python org library os html os stat

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Use os path getsize path  which will     Return the size  in bytes  of path  Raise OSError if the file does not exist or is inaccessible    import os os path getsize  C   Python27  Lib  genericpath py     Or use os stat path  st size  import os os stat  C   Python27  Lib  genericpath py   st size    Or use Path path  stat   st size  Python 3 4    from pathlib import Path Path  C   Python27  Lib  genericpath py   stat   st size

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Try   os path getsize filename    It should return the size of a file  reported by os stat

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You may use os stat   function  which is a wrapper of system call stat     import os  def getSize filename       st   os stat filename      return st st size

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os path getsize path    Return the size  in bytes  of path  Raise os error if the file does not exist or is inaccessible

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