I have been trying to search the web to find a way to code a python program that can scan a given directory (ex. "C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Desktop") and assign every file name found there (ex. "test.py" and "essay.doc") to a seperate variable or inside a list.
Is there any way to do this? or something very similar?
Thanks all.
-Matt
If you want to do a recursive search, look up os.path.walk(). If you just want a shallow directory listing, try os.listdir().
Regards,
Jeff
The Python module glob will get you there ...
# get all the file types in a given directory:
import os, glob
# change to the desired directory
os.chdir("C:/Documents and Settings/Matt/Desktop")
# get all the files in that directory into a list
file_list = glob.glob("*.*")
# show the list
print file_listIf you want to list specific files use:
# for selected file types use ...
import os, glob
# change to the desired directory
os.chdir("D:/Python24/Atest/BS")
# get files with extension .py and .pyw in that directory into a list
file_list = glob.glob("*.py") + glob.glob("*.pyw")
# show the list
print file_listThanks a bunch guys, I can now do exactly what i asked for help with. :D
Is there a way though, to make it also scan sub directories?
Is there a way though, to make it also scan sub directories?
Just an example only:
import os
allfiles = [] #store all files found
for root,dir,files in os.walk("C:/Documents and Settings/Matt/Desktop"):
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files if fi.endswith(".doc") or fi.endswith(".txt") ]
for f in filelist:
allfiles.append(f)
for i in allfiles:
print "file ", iYou want os.walk([path to dir here])
for d in os.walk("c:\"): print dThanks alot guys :D
Is there actually anyway to make the post number 6 code example actually scan for every kind of file? i tried putting ".*" instead of ".txt" but it didnt work for me.
That example would not allow for wildcards, a talent of module glob only. However, you can simply leave out the if statement in the list comprehension line:
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files ]That example would not allow for wildcards, a talent of module glob only. However, you can simply leave out the if statement in the list comprehension line:
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files ]
thanks..yes i know.
I was giving an example on his first post.. doc and txt files. :)
I enjoyed the flow of this discussion, learned a lot!
I tried putting in a network address "\\a219-4\c\" and I found that it did infact work. I got it to show me a list of all the files. But I was wondering if there was a way to get it to scan every networked computer attached to my computer, without having to type in a new address each time, and I know how to do that very thing myself. But I would need to get every address for the networked computers into a list, which is what I don't know how to do.
If anyone can help me with this or point me to a tutorial on how to do this, I would appreciate it alot.
Thanks.
I assume you are working on win32 platform
if you have the win32 module, there is an example demo called win32netdemo.py and inside the source, there is a function call ServerEnum(). You can take a look at how to find network shares.
Another way is to call a system command that is able to find the network shares and put them into a file. Then from Python, open the file for processing..
I have another riddle sort of (to do with scanning directories). I want to modify the code so that it searches for a given file name (ex "test.py"). Once found, it uses that files parent directory, and searches every subdirectory in that directory, and puts those files in a seperate list. That way, if you always keep your files bunched together based on type (ex. a "python programming" folder) like I do, but if you happen to forget where it is, you can search for something like "test.py" and find all the files that are with it aswell.
I tried to find a way to do it, but failed horribly, any help is appreciated greatly! :D
-Matt
So here is the program I have made so far using all the help from this thread so far:
# search for a file, and show all files found in that file's directory
import os
import pickle
def file_find(folder):
"""search for a filename fname starting in folder"""
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
for file in files:
# make search case insensitive
if fname.lower() == file.lower():
return os.path.join(root)
return None
# file to search for ...
fname = raw_input("File? ")
# folder to start search ...
folder = raw_input("Directory? ")
result = file_find(folder)
if result:
print "File found -->", result
print "\n===============================\n"
directory = result
allfiles = [] #store all files found
for root,dir,files in os.walk(directory):
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files ]
for f in filelist:
allfiles.append(f)
fileAmount = len(allfiles)
for i in allfiles:
print "file ", i
print "\n===============================\n"
counter = 0
while counter != fileAmount:
showFile = allfiles[counter]
counter += 1
if counter == fileAmount:
break
raw_input("")
else:
print "File %s not found" % fnameI am going to use this as a small part of a greater program for my grade 12 programming final project.
Thanks for all the help guys :D
Make sure you test this out thoroughly! There are few things that might need to be changed.
What do you mean? it works well for me.
Just a few observations:
The function find_file() should have two arguments find_file(fname, folder). You are relying on fname to behave like a global variable, somewhat unsafe!
What are you using the module pickle for?
What are you using the module pickle for?
Well I updated my code to be alot more usefull, i was in the process of doing that when i posted, and i only posted the stable part at that time but forgot to remove pickle.
here is my current version of it:
import os
import random
import pickle
ques1 = raw_input("Scan dir [d] or find file [f]? ")
if ques1 == "d" or ques1 == "D":
directory = raw_input("Directory: ")
allfiles = [] #store all files found
for root,dir,files in os.walk(directory):
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files ]
for f in filelist:
allfiles.append(f)
for i in allfiles:
print "file ", i
print "\n===============================\n"
file = open("files in dir.txt", "w")
pickle.dump(allfiles, file)
file.close()
if ques1 == "f" or ques1 == "F":
def file_find(folder):
"""search for a filename fname starting in folder"""
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
for file in files:
# make search case insensitive
if fname.lower() == file.lower():
return os.path.join(root)
return None
def file_find2(folder, fname):
"""search for a filename fname starting in folder"""
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
for file in files:
# make search case insensitive
if fname.lower() == file.lower():
return os.path.join(root, fname)
return None
# file to search for ...
fname = raw_input("File? ")
# folder to start search ...
folder = raw_input("Directory? ")
result = file_find(folder)
result2 = file_find2(folder, fname)
if result:
print "File found -->", result2
print "\n===============================\nFollowing are the files in the same directory\n===============================\n"
directory = result
allfiles = [] #store all files found
for root,dir,files in os.walk(directory):
filelist = [ os.path.join(root,fi) for fi in files ]
for f in filelist:
allfiles.append(f)
fileAmount = len(allfiles)
for i in allfiles:
print "file ", i
print "\n===============================\n"
file = open("files near file.txt", "w")
pickle.dump(allfiles, file)
file.close()
run = raw_input("Run a file [y]? ")
if run == "y" or run == "Y":
if ques1 == "f" or ques1 == "F":
ques2 = raw_input("Run file searched for? [y] ")
if ques2 == "y" or ques2 == "Y":
os.startfile(result2)
else:
ques3 = raw_input("Near file searched for? [y] ")
if ques3 == "y" or ques3 == "Y":
stringNum = input("Enter string number (from txt file, number ABOVE desired file): ")
fileToRun = allfiles[stringNum]
os.startfile(fileToRun)
else:
runFile = raw_input("File? (whole address) ")
os.startfile(runFile)
else:
ques4 = raw_input("In List? [y] ")
if ques4 == "y" or ques4 == "Y":
stringNum = input("Enter string number (from txt file, number ABOVE desired file): ")
fileToRun = allfiles[stringNum]
os.startfile(fileToRun)
else:
runFile = raw_input("File? (whole address) ")
os.startfile(runFile)
else:
raw_input("Okay...")I use pickle for the file saving because when i run the program without the idle it cuts off the top of the list, so i saved the list to file for viewing and found the list number is saved above the file name, so i used that to make it easy to run files or programs from the list.
I know there has to be a better way to do what i did with def file_find() and def file_find2()
I was doing that to get only the directory of the file, not the whole adress of the file. the second one is for the whole address.
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