filter directory

[Gerhard Häring]

Thomas Guettler wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 01:11:29PM +1000, Psybar Phreak wrote:
> 
>>ok - does anyone know how to :
>>
>>filter the contents of a folder depending on the extension?
> 
> 
> This script lists all files ending with ".txt". Is this what you want?
> 
> import os
> 
> my_files=[]
> for file in os.listdir("."):
>     if file.lower().endswith(".txt"):
>         my_files.append(file)
> 
> print my_files

Better:

import glob
my_files = glob.glob("*.txt")

Also, 'file' is a builtin in Python 2.2+, so it's good practise to not 
shadow it.

-- Gerhard