How does import os work in Python?

import os in python meaning

By Encouraging Elephant on Mar 13, 2020

import os

Executing a shell command
os.system()    

Get the users environment 
os.environ()   

#Returns the current working directory.
os.getcwd()   

Return the real group id of the current process.
os.getgid()       

Return the current process’s user id.
os.getuid()    

Returns the real process ID of the current process.
os.getpid()     

Set the current numeric umask and return the previous umask.
os.umask(mask)   

Return information identifying the current operating system.
os.uname()     

Change the root directory of the current process to path.
os.chroot(path)   

Return a list of the entries in the directory given by path.
os.listdir(path) 

Create a directory named path with numeric mode mode.
os.mkdir(path)    

Recursive directory creation function.
os.makedirs(path)  

Remove (delete) the file path.
os.remove(path)    

Remove directories recursively.
os.removedirs(path) 

Rename the file or directory src to dst.
os.rename(src, dst)  

Remove (delete) the directory path.
os.rmdir(path)    

Source: www.pythonforbeginners.com

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import os in python meaning

By Encouraging Elephant on Mar 13, 2020

The OS module in Python provides a way of using operating system dependent
functionality. 

The functions that the OS module provides allows you to interface with the
underlying operating system that Python is running on – be that Windows, Mac or
Linux. 

You can find important information about your location or about the process. 

In this post I will show some of these functions.

Source: www.pythonforbeginners.com

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python os module

By Dr. Hippo on Mar 27, 2020

#the os module provides an operating system interface from Python
import os
#prints the name of the operating system
print(os.name)
#prints the absolute path for the module
print(os.getcwd())

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import os python

By Relieved Rattlesnake on Nov 28, 2020

import os
os.listdir("*\")[0]

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os module in python

By Bad Badger on Dec 25, 2020

# Delete everything reachable from the directory named in "top",
# assuming there are no symbolic links.
# CAUTION:  This is dangerous!  For example, if top == '/', it
# could delete all your disk files.
import os
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(top, topdown=False):
    for name in files:
        os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
    for name in dirs:
        os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))

Source: docs.python.org

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os module

By Blue Bear on May 14, 2021

>>> import os
>>> os.getcwd()      # Return the current working directory
'C:\\Python39'
>>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs')   # Change current working directory
>>> os.system('mkdir today')   # Run the command mkdir in the system shell
0

Source: docs.python.org

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