I rewrote my code with Alan's suggestions in mind.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, os.path, glob
def glob_files(pattern, base_path = '.'):
abs_base = os.path.abspath(base_path)
#path_list = []
#path_list.append(abs_base)
globbed_dict = {}
cwd = os.getcwd()
for root,dirs,files in os.walk(abs_base):
for name in dirs:
path = os.path.join(root, name)
print path
os.chdir(path)
matched_files = glob.glob(pattern)
#print matched_files
if matched_files != []:
globbed_dict[path] = matched_files
os.chdir(abs_base)
os.chdir(cwd)
return globbed_dict
if __name__ == "__main__":
base_path = raw_input("Enter a base path: ")
pattern = raw_input("Enter a glob pattern: ")
str(base_path)
str(pattern)
globbed_dict = glob_files(pattern, base_path)
print globbed_dict
However, the code still doesn't do exactly what I
want.
$ ./~/chris_python 126> ./find_items_01.py
Enter a base path: ./LearningToProgram
Enter a glob pattern: *.pyc
{}
Under the LearningToProgram directory is a test
directory that doesn't contain any .pyc files, so the
script's returned value is correct. However, .pyc
files exist in the LearningToProgram directory, and I
would like to put those files in the dictionary too.
Is there an elegant way to accomplish this?
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