Wayne Watson wrote:
I have a Python application that requires the program be run in a
specific folder, Win XP. It analyzes and modifies txt files there, and
only txt files. The mods require creating a tmp file. The tmp files
could just as well be an xyz suffix file. That is, it seems as though
they could be almost any non-conflicting type with hundreds of file
types in use. There may be other file types in the folder, possibly
jpg. As such, why would I want to use the tmp files module?
With a similar program, it requires reading through all txt files,
among other files types, in the folder. It purely analyzes the data in
the txt files. Is there some way of doing the reading without the use
of os.listdir()?
I'm finding it a little hard to grok your question / concern.
One does not use os.listdir() to read files. One opens them then uses
read or readline.
There are many ways to get and filter directory contents.
I guess you would benefit from the glob module.
import glob
fileList = glob.glob('*.txt')
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