[Tutor] select particular directories and files

[questions anon]

thanks, that was an error by me. but that still doesn't help me select the
dir and files!
Could it be because I am trying to select folders within other folders to
then get a file from each of those folders?


On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Andre' Walker-Loud <walksloud at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Anonymous Questioner,
>
> I am not sure how the Windows environment works, but in linux, I would
> replace
>
>         for ncfile in glob.glob('.nc'):
>
>
> with
>
>         for ncfile in glob.glob('*.nc'):
>
>
> ie, add the "wild card" '*' character to grab all files which end in '.nc'
>
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2011, at 7:23 PM, questions anon wrote:
>
> Thanks for responding
> When I try glob.glob I receive no errors but nothing prints.
>
> MainFolder=r"E:/Sample/"
> for dir in glob.glob(MainFolder + '01'):
>         print "my selected directories are:", dir
>         for ncfile in glob.glob('.nc'):
>             print "my selected netcdf files are:", ncfile
>
> any suggestions? thanks
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com>wrote:
>
>> On 8/29/2011 4:52 PM questions anon said...
>>
>>  I am trying to select particular files within
>>> a particular subdirectory,
>>>
>>
>> You might find glob a better starting point:
>>
>> ActivePython 2.6.6.15 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
>> Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 24 2010, 16:01:11) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
>> (Intel)] on win32
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import glob
>> >>> help(glob.glob)
>> Help on function glob in module glob:
>>
>> glob(pathname)
>>    Return a list of paths matching a pathname pattern.
>>
>>    The pattern may contain simple shell-style wildcards a la fnmatch.
>>
>> >>> for filename in glob.glob(r'C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\***.txt'):
>>    print filename
>> ...
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-01-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-02-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-03-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-04-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-05-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-06-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-07 - bankToRec.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-07 - vsdsToRec.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\2011-07-WIP-**Details.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\5790-00 RECONCILIATION.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\**BankRecUtils.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\**CapitalizationExamples.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\DEALLOCATE-**2011-04.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\dump glsmf1 data for 2004-2010.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\MAR DEALLOCATION.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\Notes.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\shipping safety net util.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\UNBILLED WIP.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\Vacation Accrual - post-bonus-changes.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\Vacation Accrual - pre-bonus-changes.txt
>> C:\WSG\GL\2011-08\vacation accrual notes.txt
>> >>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  I have been able to do both but not together!
>>> When I try to select my files within the dir loop nothing comes up, but
>>> when I leave the files outside the dir loops it selects all the files
>>> not just the ones in the dirs I have selected.
>>> The code I am using is:
>>>
>>> import os
>>>
>>> MainFolder=r"D:/samples/"
>>>
>>> for (path, dirs, files) in os.walk(MainFolder):
>>>     for dir in dirs:
>>>         if dir=='01':
>>>             print "selected directories are:",dir
>>>
>>>             for ncfile in dir:
>>>                   if ncfile[-3:]=='.nc':
>>>                         print "ncfiles are:", ncfile
>>>
>>> Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!!
>>>
>>>
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