os functions in python code example

Example 1: import os in python meaning

import os

Executing a shell command
os.system()    

Get the users environment 
os.environ()   

#Returns the current working directory.
os.getcwd()   

Return the real group id of the current process.
os.getgid()       

Return the current process’s user id.
os.getuid()    

Returns the real process ID of the current process.
os.getpid()     

Set the current numeric umask and return the previous umask.
os.umask(mask)   

Return information identifying the current operating system.
os.uname()     

Change the root directory of the current process to path.
os.chroot(path)   

Return a list of the entries in the directory given by path.
os.listdir(path) 

Create a directory named path with numeric mode mode.
os.mkdir(path)    

Recursive directory creation function.
os.makedirs(path)  

Remove (delete) the file path.
os.remove(path)    

Remove directories recursively.
os.removedirs(path) 

Rename the file or directory src to dst.
os.rename(src, dst)  

Remove (delete) the directory path.
os.rmdir(path)

Example 2: python os module

#the os module provides an operating system interface from Python
import os
#prints the name of the operating system
print(os.name)
#prints the absolute path for the module
print(os.getcwd())

Example 3: os module in python

# Delete everything reachable from the directory named in "top",
# assuming there are no symbolic links.
# CAUTION:  This is dangerous!  For example, if top == '/', it
# could delete all your disk files.
import os
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(top, topdown=False):
    for name in files:
        os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
    for name in dirs:
        os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))