import os
def get_filepaths(directory):
"""
This function will generate the file names in a directory
tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each
directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself),
it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).
"""
file_paths = [] # List which will store all of the full filepaths.
# Walk the tree.
for root, directories, files in os.walk(directory):
for filename in files:
# Join the two strings in order to form the full filepath.
filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
file_paths.append(filepath) # Add it to the list.
return file_paths # Self-explanatory.
# Run the above function and store its results in a variable.
full_file_paths = get_filepaths("/Users/johnny/Desktop/TEST")
# Basic syntax:
import glob
list_of_files = glob.glob("search_pattern")
# Where:
# - the search pattern can be any glob pattern, e.g. /usr/bin/*py* to get the
# list of files in /usr/bin that contain py
import os
folder_path = "./folder-path"
for path, currentDirectory, files in os.walk(folder_path):
for file in files:
if not file.startswith("."):
print(os.path.join(path, file))
from os import walk
from os.path import join
path = 'C:'
# Creates list of the items in directories (+subdirectories)
items = [join(root, file) for root, subdirs, files in walk(path) for file in files]