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Step 3: Verify the Upload

List the Contents of the Collection

List the contents of the iris_data collection to verify that the files have been uploaded successfully.

List contents of a collection 

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ils /WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data
You should see an output similar to:

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/WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data:
  iris.data
  iris.names

View files in collection

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gocmd ls /WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data

You should see an output similar to: 

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/WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data:
iris.data
iris.names


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def ls(path):
    try:
        coll = session.collections.get(path)
        print(' C - ', coll.path)
        for data_obj in coll.data_objects:
            print('     D - ', data_obj.name)
        for sub_coll in coll.subcollections:
            ls(sub_coll.path)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f'Error: {e}')


# Example
ls("/WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data")

Go to the newly created directory and do an ils again:

Navigation in collections 
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icd /WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data
ils

You will see that the output is the same as before. You can move 'up' by doing: 

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icd ..

You can go to your 'home' folder by using 

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icd

  1. Explore the navigation buttons on the left

Nagivation

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gocmd cd /WCDSacc/courses/11032025/your_username/iris_data
gocmd ls

You will see that the output is the same as before. You can move a directory 'up' by running: 

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gocmd cd ..

You can go to your 'home' folder by using: 

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gocmd cd

You can change the argument in the ls() function to any existing path.