How do I check file size in Python?

Use os.path.getsize:

>>> import os
>>> os.path.getsize("/path/to/file.mp3")
2071611

The output is in bytes.

You need the st_size property of the object returned by os.stat. You can get it by either using pathlib (Python 3.4+):

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> Path('somefile.txt').stat()
os.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=6419862, st_dev=16777220, st_nlink=1, st_uid=501, st_gid=20, st_size=1564, st_atime=1584299303, st_mtime=1584299400, st_ctime=1584299400)
>>> Path('somefile.txt').stat().st_size
1564

or using os.stat:

>>> import os
>>> os.stat('somefile.txt')
os.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=6419862, st_dev=16777220, st_nlink=1, st_uid=501, st_gid=20, st_size=1564, st_atime=1584299303, st_mtime=1584299400, st_ctime=1584299400)
>>> os.stat('somefile.txt').st_size
1564

Output is in bytes.

import os


def convert_bytes(num):
    """
    this function will convert bytes to MB.... GB... etc
    """
    for x in ['bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB']:
        if num < 1024.0:
            return "%3.1f %s" % (num, x)
        num /= 1024.0


def file_size(file_path):
    """
    this function will return the file size
    """
    if os.path.isfile(file_path):
        file_info = os.stat(file_path)
        return convert_bytes(file_info.st_size)


# Lets check the file size of MS Paint exe 
# or you can use any file path
file_path = r"C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe"
print file_size(file_path)

Result:

6.1 MB

we have two options Both include importing os module

1)

import os
os.stat("/path/to/file").st_size

as os.stat() function returns an object which contains so many headers including file created time and last modified time etc.. among them st_size gives the exact size of the file. File path can be either absolute or relative.

2) In this, we have to provide the exact file path, File path can be either relative or absolute.

import os
os.path.getsize("path of file")

You can use the stat() method from the os module. You can provide it with a path in the form of a string, bytes or even a PathLike object. It works with file descriptors as well.

import os

res = os.stat(filename)

res.st_size # this variable contains the size of the file in bytes

#Get file size , print it , process it...
#Os.stat will provide the file size in (.st_size) property. 
#The file size will be shown in bytes.

import os

fsize=os.stat('filepath')
print('size:' + fsize.st_size.__str__())

#check if the file size is less than 10 MB

if fsize.st_size < 10000000:
    process it ....