stat.S_ISREG()
stat.S_ISREG() is a Python function in the Stat Module category. Returns True if the file mode indicates a regular file. The syntax is stat.S_ISREG(mode). Returns: Boolean. A typical example: stat.S_ISREG(os.stat("file.txt").st_mode) # True. A close sibling is stat.S_ISDIR(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a directory. A close sibling is stat.S_ISLNK(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a symbolic link. A close sibling is stat.S_ISFIFO(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a FIFO (named pipe). A close sibling is stat.S_ISSOCK(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a Unix socket. More about this category: File stat constants — S_ISDIR, S_ISREG, S_IMODE, S_IFMT. Related Stat Module entries: stat.S_ISDIR(), stat.S_ISLNK(), stat.S_ISFIFO(), stat.S_ISSOCK(), stat.S_IMODE(), stat.S_IFMT(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.