recursing through files in a folder

[Mirko Zeibig]

Larry Bates said the following on 10/01/2004 04:20 PM:
> Scott Carlson wrote:
> 
>>New to Python.  Very new.
>>
>>I need to pass a parameter to the program I create that points to a
>>folder.  (How are params passed in?)
>>
>>Then, I need to be able to scroll through each file in the folder,
>>looking for files with a particular naming convention.
>>
>>What is the best way to be able to look at each file in a folder and
>>decide if I wish to use that one, and then go to the next file?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Scott
> 
> 
> Use getopt to pick up the root directory from call line
> Use os.path.walk to walk each of the files/directories
> Use glob.glob to get a list of files that match

I'd opt for `optparse` instead of `getopt` ;-). Since Python 2.3 it's 
included in the distribution, for older version search for `optik`, 
which is the old name of `optparse`.

Regards
Mirko