os.listdir

[Fredrik Lundh]

Randy Heiland wrote:

> >>> for file in os.listdir('mydir'):
> ...   print file
> ...
> f100.dat
> f1.dat
> f2.dat
>
> but would like this:
> f1.dat
> f2.dat
> f100.dat

files = os.listdir('mydir')
files.sort(mycomparefunction)
for file in files:
    print file

where mycomparefunction could be something like:

def mycomparefunction(a, b):
    return cmp(int(a[1:-4]), int(b[1:-4]))

but probably needs to be a bit more intelligent, in
case your directory contains other files.

for more information on sorting, see the sorting howto:

    http://py-howto.sourceforge.net/sorting/sorting.html

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