newbie wants to compile python list of filenames in selected directories

[anthonyberet]

M.E.Farmer wrote:
> anthonyberet wrote:
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>>Hi, I am new at Python, and very rusty at the one language I was good
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>>at, which was BASIC.
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>>I want to write a script to compare filenames in chosen directories,
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> on
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>>windows machines. Ideally it would compose a list of strings of all
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> the
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>>filenames in the directories, and those directories would be chosable
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> by
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>>the user of the script.
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>>I am quite happy to do my own legwork on this , I realise it is
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> simple
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>>stuff, but can anyone point me in the right direction to start?
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>>Thanks
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> 
> Cool! I like your attitude ;)
> Others have given you a good start with os. In case you don't know os
> has a great many path manipulation methods. Always try to use them so
> you can insulate yourself from cross platform path nightmares.
> A few of the highlights are:
> 
> ### split a path
> py> parts = os.path.split(r'c:\windows\media\ding.wav')
> py> print parts
> ('c:\\windows\\media', 'ding.wav')
> 
> ### join a path and part and do it right on any platform
> py> path = os.path.join('c:\\windows\\media', 'ding.wav')
> 'c:\\windows\\media\\ding.wav'
> 
> ### get basename of the file
> py> base = os.path.basename('c:\\windows\\media\\ding.wav')
> py> print base
> 'ding.wav'
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> Plus many more, be sure to study the os module if you are doing any
> path manipulations.
> 
> Ok and now for something sorta different( alright, I was really bored )
> 
> . def glob_dir(dir):
> .     """Return a list of *.py* (.py, .pyc, .pyo, .pyw)
> .        files from a given directory.
> .     """
> .     import glob, os
> .     # Get a list of files that match *.py*
> .     GLOB_PATTERN = os.path.join(dir, "*.[p][y]*")
> .     pathlist = glob.glob(GLOB_PATTERN)
> .     return pathlist
> .
> . def list_dir(dir):
> .     ''' Another way to filter a dir '''
> .     import os
> .     pathlist = os.listdir(dir)
> .     # Now filter out all but py and pyw
> .     filterlist = [x for x in pathlist
> .                        if x.endswith('.py')
> .                        or x.endswith('.pyw')]
> .    return filterlist
> hth,

Thanks to everyone who responded - I feel on my way now, just being able 
to tap 'os python' and 'lisdir python' into Google has netted me plenty 
of reading material - but I would have taken a long time to find that 
out without your tips!
I will surely come back, but not until I get I get stuck :)