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Get information about a file or directory

You can get information about a file or directory using the files.getInfo() / files.get_info() methods. Information such as file name, type, and path is returned.

Getting information about a file

```js import { Sandbox } from '@e2b/code-interpreter'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()

// Create a new file await sandbox.files.write('test_file.txt', 'Hello, world!')

// Get information about the file const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_file.txt')

console.log(info) // { // name: 'test_file.txt', // type: 'file', // path: '/home/user/test_file.txt', // size: 13, // mode: 0o644, // permissions: '-rw-r--r--', // owner: 'user', // group: 'user', // modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z', // symlinkTarget: null // }

```python
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox()

# Create a new file
sandbox.files.write('test_file', 'Hello, world!')

# Get information about the file
info = sandbox.files.get_info('test_file')

print(info)
# EntryInfo(
#   name='test_file.txt',
#   type=<FileType.FILE: 'file'>,
#   path='/home/user/test_file.txt',
#   size=13,
#   mode=0o644,
#   permissions='-rw-r--r--',
#   owner='user',
#   group='user',
#   modified_time='2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
#   symlink_target=None
# )

Getting information about a directory

```js import { Sandbox } from '@e2b/code-interpreter'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()

// Create a new directory await sandbox.files.makeDir('test_dir')

// Get information about the directory const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_dir')

console.log(info) // { // name: 'test_dir', // type: 'dir', // path: '/home/user/test_dir', // size: 0, // mode: 0o755, // permissions: 'drwxr-xr-x', // owner: 'user', // group: 'user', // modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z', // symlinkTarget: null // }

```python
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox()

# Create a new directory
sandbox.files.make_dir('test_dir')

# Get information about the directory
info = sandbox.files.get_info('test_dir')

print(info)
# EntryInfo(
#   name='test_dir',
#   type=<FileType.DIR: 'dir'>,
#   path='/home/user/test_dir',
#   size=0,
#   mode=0o755,
#   permissions='drwxr-xr-x',
#   owner='user',
#   group='user',
#   modified_time='2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
#   symlink_target=None
# )