os.walk question

[alex23]

On Jul 23, 5:22 pm, Fredrik Lundh <fred... at pythonware.com> wrote:
> if you want a list of files from a single directory, use listdir, not walk:
>
>       >>> import os, random
>       >>> random.choice(os.listdir("/"))
>       'python25'

This will include folders as well, though, which isn't what the OP
asked for.

>>> import os, random
>>> root = "/"
>>> random.choice([f for f in os.listdir(root) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(root, f))])
'initrd.img'

It just seems clunky compared to os.walk :)