Python: Get the size of a file

Python Basic: Exercise-87 with Solution

Write a Python program to get the size of a file.

Sample Solution-1:

Python Code:

# Import the os module for file operations.
import os
# Get the size of the file "abc.txt".
file_size = os.path.getsize("abc.txt")
# Print the size of the file "abc.txt" in bytes.
print("\nThe size of abc.txt is:", file_size, "Bytes")
# Print a newline character for spacing.
print()

Sample Output:

The size of abc.txt is : 0 Bytes

Sample Solution-2:

Python Code:

# Import the os module for file operations.

# Get the file information for 'main.py' using os.stat().
file_size = os.stat('main.py')

# Print the size of the file 'main.py' in bytes using the st_size attribute.
print("\nThe size of abc.txt is:", file_size.st_size, "Bytes")

Sample Output:

The size of abc.txt is : 104 Bytes

Sample Solution-3:

Python Code:

# Import the os module for file operations.

# Open the file 'main.py' in default read mode.
file = open('main.py')

# Move the file cursor to the end of the file using file.seek().
file.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)

# Print the current position of the file cursor, which represents the size of the file.
print("The size of main.py is:", file.tell(), "bytes")

Sample Output:

The size of main.py is : 117 bytes

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