Largest file with Python
Find the Largest File in a Directory with Python
In this article we are going to discuss about finding a largest file in a directory by using Python OS module.
2 min readJul 22, 2021
OS module in Python is an inbuilt module, which exposed a number functions to interact with the operating system defendant functionality.
Below are the functions of OS module which we are used to find the largest file in a directory:
os.walk():
The folder path is taken as input. We then walk through the entire directory using os.walk() function.
Returns a tuple containing the root folder name, a list of subdirectories and a list of files.
os.stat()
It is used to get the status of the file and st_size attribute returns its size in bytes.
Example:
import os# folder path inputprint("Enter folder path")#It will return a absolute path name of the input passed to this functionpath = os.path.abspath(input())# for storing size of each filesize = 0
