Thanks, Dave. That's exactly what I was looking for, well, except for a few small alterations I'll make to achieve the desired effect. I must ask, in the interest of learning, what is
[file for file in files if file.endswith(extension)] actually doing? I know that 'file' is a type, but what's with the set up and the brackets and all? Can someone run down the syntax for me on that? And also, I'm still not sure I know exactly how os.walk() works. And, finally, the python docs all note that symbols like . and .. don't work with these commands. How can I grab the directory that my script is residing in? Thanks. hiaips wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm new at Python and I need a little advice. Part of the script I'm > > > trying to write needs to be aware of all the files of a certain > > > extension in the script's path and all sub-directories. Can someone > > > set me on the right path to what modules and calls to use to do that? > > > You'd think that it would be a fairly simple proposition, but I can't > > > find examples anywhere. Thanks. > > dir_name = 'mydirectory' > extension = 'my extension' > import os > files = os.listdir(dir_name) > files_with_ext = [file for file in files if file.endswith(extension)] > > That will only do the top level (not subdirectories), but you can use > the os.walk procedure (or some of the other procedures in the os and > os.path modules) to do that. > > --Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
