Matching Directory Names and Grouping Them

[Steve Holden]

J wrote:
> Hello Group-
> 
> I have limited programming experience, but I'm looking for a generic
> way to search through a root directory for subdirectories with similar
> names, organize and group them by matching their subdirectory path, and
> then output their full paths into a text file. For example, the
> contents of the output text file may look like this:
> 
> <root>\Input1\2001\01\
> <root>\Input2\2001\01\
> <root>\Input3\2001\01\
> 
> <root>\Input1\2002\03\
> <root>\Input2\2002\03\
> <root>\Input3\2002\03\
> 
> <root>\Input2\2005\05\
> <root>\Input3\2005\05\
> 
> <root>\Input1\2005\12\
> <root>\Input3\2005\12\
> 
> I tried working with python regular expressions, but so far haven't
> found code that can do the trick. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks!
> 
Define "similar".

regards
  Steve
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