Four Tips for Mastering Python’s pathlib Module

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Tips 1: search for contents in a given folder

(1) list all the contents including subfolders

import pathlib 
target_dir='/home/feifei/go/'
cnt = 0 
for f in pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob("**/*"):
    print(f)
    cnt = cnt + 1
    if cnt == 5:
        break

# /home/feifei/go/pkg
# /home/feifei/go/bin
# /home/feifei/go/pkg/sumdb
# /home/feifei/go/pkg/mod
#…