Question

PARTI:

Getting Number of Files in a Directory

Problem Description:

1. Write a program that prompts the user to enter a directory and displays the number of the files in the directory.
2. Write a program that prompts the user to enter a directory name and creates a directory using the File’s mkdirs method. The program displays the message “Directory created successfully” if a directory is created or “Directory already exists” if the directory already exists.

Answer 1

Below is the Python 3 code to check both part of the question.

import os

if __name__=="__main__":
# part 1:
   # Below code works when given directory is present in current working directory

   d1 = str(input("Enter a directory to see number of files"))
   print("Number of files in directory ",d1,"\t",len(os.listdir(d1)))
   print("List of directories",os.listdir(d1))

#part 2:
   d2 = str(input("Enter a name to create a directory"))
   if (f"{os.getcwd()}"+"/{d2}"):
       print("Directory already exists")
   else:
       os.mkdir(d2)
       print("Directory created successfully")