Python: Getting size of a file on disk

Getting size of a file on disk in Python: Using the stat() function of builtin module os, you can retrieve information about a file on disk, including its size in bytes.

Getting size of a file on disk in Python

import os

info = os.stat('textOne.txt')

print(info.st_size)                             # returns size of file in bytes

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