Tips 1: search for contents in a given folder
(1) list all the contents including subfolders
import pathlib
target_dir='/home/feifei/go/'
cnt = 0
for f in pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob("**/*"):
print(f)
cnt = cnt + 1
if cnt == 5:
break
# /home/feifei/go/pkg
# /home/feifei/go/bin
# /home/feifei/go/pkg/sumdb
# /home/feifei/go/pkg/mod
# /home/feifei/go/pkg/sumdb/sum.golang.org
(2) list certain file types:
- we have the option to enhance this function, allowing it to exclusively search for specific types of directories or files. For example, pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob(“**/*.txt”) will only search .txt files. An alternative is to use pathlib.Path(target_dir).rglob(“*.txt”)
- list only folders: pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob(“**”) will only search folders and subfolders within the target directory.
(3) list files/directories in the current folder:
import pathlib
target_dir='/home/feifei/go/'
cnt = 0
for f in pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob("*"):
print(f)
cnt = cnt + 1
if cnt == 5
# /home/feifei/go/pkg
# /home/feifei/go/bin
We can list certain types of files by: pathlib.Path(target_dir).glob(“*.txt”)