dirs

Manipulation of directories and/or files.

Directory navigation

cd(*subdir[, mkdir, cwd, back_check])	Get the full pathname of a directory (or file).
ccd(*subdir, **kwargs)	Get the full pathname of a directory (or file) in an altered working directory.
cdd(*subdir[, data_dir, mkdir])	Get the full pathname of a directory (or file) under data_dir.
cd_data(*subdir[, data_dir, mkdir])	Get the full pathname of a directory (or file) under data_dir of a package.
find_executable(name[, options, target])	Get the pathname of an executable file for a specified application.

Directory validation

path2linux(path)	Convert a path to a standardized Linux file path format for cross-platform compatibility.
uniform_pathname(pathname)	Convert a pathname to a standard Linux file path format.
is_dir(path_to_dir)	Check whether a string represents a valid directory path.
validate_dir([path_to_dir, subdir, msg])	Validate the pathname of a directory.
validate_filename(file_pathname[, suffix_num])	Validate the filename and create a new filename with a suffix if the original exists.
get_file_pathnames(path_to_dir[, file_ext, ...])	Get paths of files in a directory matching the specified file extension.
check_files_exist(filenames, path_to_dir)	Check if specified files exist within a given directory.

Directory/file control

delete_dir(path_to_dir[, ...])

Delete a directory or directories.