What is the `pathlib` module?

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**pathlib** — object-oriented filesystem path handling.

```python
from pathlib import Path

# Create paths
p = Path("/home/user/docs")
file = p / "report.txt"  # /home/user/docs/report.txt

# Read/write
file.write_text("Hello, World!")
content = file.read_text()

# Path operations
print(file.name)      # report.txt
print(file.stem)      # report
print(file.suffix)    # .txt
print(file.parent)    # /home/user/docs
print(file.exists())  # True

# Glob and rglob
for py_file in p.glob("**/*.py"):  # recursive
    print(py_file)

# mkdir
(p / "subdir").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

# Iterating directory
for item in p.iterdir():
    print(item.name, "is", "dir" if item.is_dir() else "file")
```

**Benefits:**
- Cross-platform (/ vs \).
- Object-oriented (no string manipulation).
- Operator `/` for joining paths.

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