Write, read, and list files in an E2B sandbox filesystem

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Documented steps

  1. Get a sandbox: 'from e2b import Sandbox; with Sandbox.create() as s: ...'.
  2. Write a file: 's.files.write("/home/user/out.txt", "hello")' — creates the file, overwrites existing content, and creates missing parent directories.
  3. Read it back: 'data = s.files.read("/home/user/out.txt")' (returns bytes; pass format='stream' for a streaming iterator on large files).
  4. List a directory: 'entries = s.files.list("/home/user")'.
  5. For bulk writes use 's.files.write_files([{path, data}, ...])'.

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