comparing elements of a list with a string

[Matimus]

Shriphani wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which
> contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I
> have a string "fstab", and I want to list out the files in whose names
> the word fstab appears should I go about like this :
>
> def listAllbackups(file):
>     list_of_files = os.listdir("/home/shriphani/backupdir")
>     for element in list_of_files:
>          if element.find(file) != -1:
>              date = ###
>              time = ####
>               return (date, time)
>
> The major trouble is that the return statement causes it to exit after
> attempt one. How do I use the yield statement here?

I would just do this:

[code]
from glob import glob
def listallbackupfiles(filename):
    return glob("/home/shriphani/backupdir/*%s*"%filename)
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