On Sunday, December 28, 2014 11:29:48 AM UTC-6, Seymore4Head wrote: > I need to search through a directory of text files for a string. > Here is a short program I made in the past to search through a single > text file for a line of text.
Step1: Search through a single file. # Just a few more brush strokes... Step2: Search through all files in a directory. # Time to go exploring! Step3: Option to filter by file extension. # Waste not, want not! Step4: Option for recursing down sub-directories. # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! [Opps, fell into a recursive black hole!] # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! # Look out deeply nested structures, here i come! [BREAK] # Whew, no worries, MaximumRecursionError is my best friend! ;-) In addition to the other advice, you might want to check out os.walk(). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
