Tools (Python)

The Tools Cython class exposes the C++ tools utility functions.

Methods

Signature	Description
create_path(pth: str)	Create the directory tree at pth (equivalent to mkdir -p).
delete_path(pth: str)	Recursively delete the directory at pth.
is_file(pth: str) → bool	Return True if pth is a regular file.
rename(src: str, dst: str)	Rename/move file src to dst.
abs(pth: str) → str	Return the absolute path of pth.
ls(pth: str, ext: str) → list[str]	List files in directory pth with extension ext.
replace(val: str, rpl: str, rpwl: str) → str	Replace all occurrences of rpl in val with rpwl.
has_substring(val: str, rpl: str) → bool	Return True if val contains the substring rpl.
ends_with(val: str, rpl: str) → bool	Return True if val ends with the suffix rpl.
has_value(data: list, trg: str) → bool	Return True if the string list data contains trg.
split(data: str, trg) → list[str]	Split data on the delimiter(s) in trg.
hash(data: str, lx: int = 8) → str	Compute a MD5-based hex hash of data. The result is always at least lx characters long; if the natural hash is shorter, zeros are appended. lx=0 gives the raw 36-character UUID-style hash.
encode64(data: str) → str	Base-64 encode data.