[issue8402] glob returns empty list with "

[george hu]

george hu <geo...@gmail.com> added the comment:

Well, the listdir doesn't support "wildcard", for example,
listdir("*.app"). I know the glob is kind of unix shell style expanding, but
my program is running under windows, it's my tiny script to walk through a
huge directory in my NAS. And there are many directories named with "[]" and
"()" characters amid. May the only way is to program a filter on the
listdir.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Shashwat Anand <rep...@bugs.python.org>wrote:

>
> Shashwat Anand <anand.shash...@gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> glob module does not provide what you want.
> As a workaround you can try:
>
> os.listdir("c:\abc\afolderwith[test]")
>
> 07:02:52 l0nwlf-MBP:Desktop $ ls -R test\[123\]/
> 1 2 3
> >>> os.listdir('/Users/l0nwlf/Desktop/test[123]')
> ['1', '2', '3']
>
> Changing type to 'Feature Request'
>
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> status: pending -> open
> type: behavior -> feature request
>
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title: glob returns empty list with "[" character in the folder name -> glob 
returns empty list with "
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file16925/unnamed

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Well, the listdir doesn&#39;t support &quot;wildcard&quot;, for example, 
listdir(&quot;*.app&quot;). I know the glob is kind of unix shell style 
expanding, but my program is running under windows, it&#39;s my tiny script to 
walk through a huge directory in my NAS. And there are many directories named 
with &quot;[]&quot; and &quot;()&quot; characters amid. May the only way is to 
program a filter on the listdir.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Shashwat Anand 
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a 
href="mailto:rep...@bugs.python.org";>rep...@bugs.python.org</a>&gt;</span> 
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 
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<br>
Shashwat Anand &lt;<a 
href="mailto:anand.shash...@gmail.com";>anand.shash...@gmail.com</a>&gt; added 
the comment:<br>
<br>
glob module does not provide what you want.<br>
As a workaround you can try:<br>
<br>
os.listdir(&quot;c:\abc\afolderwith[test]&quot;)<br>
<br>
07:02:52 l0nwlf-MBP:Desktop $ ls -R test\[123\]/<br>
1 2 3<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; os.listdir(&#39;/Users/l0nwlf/Desktop/test[123]&#39;)<br>
[&#39;1&#39;, &#39;2&#39;, &#39;3&#39;]<br>
<br>
Changing type to &#39;Feature Request&#39;<br>
<br>
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status: pending -&gt; open<br>
type: behavior -&gt; feature request<br>
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