On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:00 PM, varnikat t <varnika...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to do this > if os.path.exists("*.*.txt"): > file=open("*.*.txt") > self.text_view.get_buffer().set_text(file.read()) > else: > file=open("*.*.html") > self.text_view.get_buffer().set_text(file.read()) > > It gives error *.*.txt not existing....There are two files in the folder > testing.pnm.txt > and testing.pnm.html > How to make it open any name and extension file and read it? >
os.path.exists does not do pattern matching like that. Take a look at the glob module. -- regards, kushal -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list