searching for files on Windows with Python

[Shane]

I've been giving Google a good workout with no luck. I would like to be able to search a Windows filesystem for filenames, returning a list off absolute paths to the found files, something like:

def findFiles(filen ame, pathToSearch):
...
...
return foundFileNames

Is the os module where I should start?

Thanks,

Shane

[Dennis Benzinger]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Shane schrieb:[color=blue]
> I've been giving Google a good workout with no luck. I would like to be able to search a Windows filesystem for filenames, returning a list off absolute paths to the found files, something like:
>
> def findFiles(filen ame, pathToSearch):
> ...
> ...
> return foundFileNames
>
> Is the os module where I should start?
> [...][/color]

Yes, especially the os.walk() function should help you.

Bye,
Dennis

[Dennis Benzinger]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Shane schrieb:[color=blue]
> I've been giving Google a good workout with no luck. I would like to be able to search a Windows filesystem for filenames, returning a list off absolute paths to the found files, something like:
>
> def findFiles(filen ame, pathToSearch):
> ...
> ...
> return foundFileNames
>
> Is the os module where I should start?
> [...][/color]

Yes, especially the os.walk() function should help you.

Bye,
Dennis

[Kent Johnson]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Shane wrote:[color=blue]
> I've been giving Google a good workout with no luck. I would like to
> be able to search a Windows filesystem for filenames, returning a
> list off absolute paths to the found files, something like:>
> def findFiles(filen ame, pathToSearch):
> ...
> ...
> return foundFileNames
>
> Is the os module where I should start?[/color]

I always use Jason Orendorff's path module for this kind of stuff. It's way easier to use than os.whatever:

import path
files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)

will give a list of path.path objects in pathToSearch whose names match filename (which is a glob so wildcards are recognized).

path.path is a subclass of str so the results can be used wherever you want the full path.

http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/p...ath/index.html

Kent

[Kent Johnson]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Shane wrote:[color=blue]
> I've been giving Google a good workout with no luck. I would like to
> be able to search a Windows filesystem for filenames, returning a
> list off absolute paths to the found files, something like:>
> def findFiles(filen ame, pathToSearch):
> ...
> ...
> return foundFileNames
>
> Is the os module where I should start?[/color]

I always use Jason Orendorff's path module for this kind of stuff. It's way easier to use than os.whatever:

import path
files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)

will give a list of path.path objects in pathToSearch whose names match filename (which is a glob so wildcards are recognized).

path.path is a subclass of str so the results can be used wherever you want the full path.

http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/p...ath/index.html

Kent

[Peter Hansen]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Kent Johnson wrote:[color=blue]
> I always use Jason Orendorff's path module for this kind of stuff. It's
> way easier to use than os.whatever:
>
> import path
> files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)[/color]

A minor enhancement (IMHO) (though I certainly agree with Kent's
recommendation here): since there is nothing else of interest in the
"path" module, it seems to be a fairly common idiom to do "from path
import path" and skip the doubled "path.path" bit.

-Peter

[Peter Hansen]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Kent Johnson wrote:[color=blue]
> I always use Jason Orendorff's path module for this kind of stuff. It's
> way easier to use than os.whatever:
>
> import path
> files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)[/color]

A minor enhancement (IMHO) (though I certainly agree with Kent's
recommendation here): since there is nothing else of interest in the
"path" module, it seems to be a fairly common idiom to do "from path
import path" and skip the doubled "path.path" bit.

-Peter

[Kent Johnson]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Peter Hansen wrote:[color=blue]
> Kent Johnson wrote:[color=green]
>> import path
>> files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)[/color]
>
> A minor enhancement (IMHO) (though I certainly agree with Kent's
> recommendation here): since there is nothing else of interest in the
> "path" module, it seems to be a fairly common idiom to do "from path
> import path" and skip the doubled "path.path" bit.[/color]

Certainly it's your choice. I find most programs using path only reference path.path once, to create a starting path; other paths are created from that using files() or / etc. In this case it is less typing to say

import path
basePath = path.path(...)

instead of

from path import path
basePath = path(...)

from path import path only wins on number of chars if you reference path *three* times.

YMMV :-)

Kent

[Kent Johnson]

Re: searching for files on Windows with Python

Peter Hansen wrote:[color=blue]
> Kent Johnson wrote:[color=green]
>> import path
>> files = path.path(pathT oSearch).walkfi les(filename)[/color]
>
> A minor enhancement (IMHO) (though I certainly agree with Kent's
> recommendation here): since there is nothing else of interest in the
> "path" module, it seems to be a fairly common idiom to do "from path
> import path" and skip the doubled "path.path" bit.[/color]

Certainly it's your choice. I find most programs using path only reference path.path once, to create a starting path; other paths are created from that using files() or / etc. In this case it is less typing to say

import path
basePath = path.path(...)

instead of

from path import path
basePath = path(...)

from path import path only wins on number of chars if you reference path *three* times.

YMMV :-)

Kent