fileinfo.py

# Script Name       : fileinfo.py
# Author            : Not sure where I got this from
# Created           : 28th November 2011
# Last Modified     : 23th March 2020
# Version           : 1.0
# Modifications     :

# Description           : Show file information for a given file

# get file information using os.stat()
# tested with Python24 vegsaeat 25sep2006
from __future__ import print_function

import os
import stat  # index constants for os.stat()
import sys
import time

if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
    raw_input = input

file_name = raw_input("Enter a file name: ")  # pick a file you have
count = 0
t_char = 0

try:
    with open(file_name) as f:
        # Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1019572
        count = sum(1 for line in f)
        f.seek(0)
        t_char = sum([len(line) for line in f])
except FileNotFoundError as e:
    print(e)
    sys.exit(1)
# When open item is a directory (python2)
except IOError:
    pass
# When open item is a directory (python3)
except IsADirectoryError:
    pass

file_stats = os.stat(file_name)
# create a dictionary to hold file info
file_info = {
    "fname": file_name,
    "fsize": file_stats[stat.ST_SIZE],
    "f_lm": time.strftime(
        "%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p", time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_MTIME])
    ),
    "f_la": time.strftime(
        "%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p", time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_ATIME])
    ),
    "f_ct": time.strftime(
        "%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p", time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_CTIME])
    ),
    "no_of_lines": count,
    "t_char": t_char,
}
# print out the file info
file_info_keys = (
    "file name",
    "file size",
    "last modified",
    "last accessed",
    "creation time",
    "Total number of lines are",
    "Total number of characters are",
)
file_info_vales = (
    file_info["fname"],
    str(file_info["fsize"]) + " bytes",
    file_info["f_lm"],
    file_info["f_la"],
    file_info["f_ct"],
    file_info["no_of_lines"],
    file_info["t_char"],
)

for f_key, f_value in zip(file_info_keys, file_info_vales):
    print(f_key, " =", f_value)

# check the `file` is direcotry
# print out the file stats
if stat.S_ISDIR(file_stats[stat.ST_MODE]):
    print("This a directory.")
else:
    file_stats_fmt = ""
    print("\nThis is not a directory.")
    stats_keys = (
        "st_mode (protection bits)",
        "st_ino (inode number)",
        "st_dev (device)",
        "st_nlink (number of hard links)",
        "st_uid (user ID of owner)",
        "st_gid (group ID of owner)",
        "st_size (file size bytes)",
        "st_atime (last access time seconds since epoch)",
        "st_mtime (last modification time)",
        "st_ctime (time of creation Windows)",
    )
    for s_key, s_value in zip(stats_keys, file_stats):
        print(s_key, " =", s_value)