ok, thanks for your help Andre On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Andre' Walker-Loud <walksl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> to have multiple dirs is simple, > > for dir in glob.glob(MainFolder + '*/01/') + glob.glob(MainFolder + > '*/02/') + glob.glob(MainFolder + '*/03/'): > > > there may be a better way, but this should work. > > > By the way, not to discourage you from asking questions on the list, but > many of these things can be deduced quickly by trial and error using the > python interpreter (the interactive python shell). That is one thing I > really like about python, you really can just play around with it. And with > all things, if you figure it out on your own, then you will likely feel > better about that, and also, you will retain the knowledge better and gain > more confidence in trying new things. > > > Cheers, > > Andre > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:18 PM, questions anon wrote: > > It worked! thank you. This is the code I ended with: > > for dir in glob.glob(MainFolder + '*/01/'): > print dir > for ncfile in glob.glob(dir + '*.nc'): > print ncfile > > can you choose more than one folder with glob? > i.e. I tried: > for dir in glob.glob(MainFolder + '*/01/', '*/02/', '*/03/'): > but I received: > TypeError: glob() takes exactly 1 argument (3 given) > > > thanks > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Andre' Walker-Loud > <walksl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> hello, >> >> yes, I would also try adding a wild card in the dir search >> >> for dir in glob.glob(MainFolder + '01\*'): >>> >>> >> to check if this is helps, in an interpreter (rather than script) try >> >> dirs = glob.glob(MainFolder + '\01\*'): >> print dirs >> >> >> if you get "[]" then this was not the answer, but if you get a list of >> directories, then this should work. >> >> Well, it should work with the correction >> >> >> for ncfile in glob.glob(dir+'\*.nc'): >>> >>> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andre >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 29, 2011, at 8:35 PM, questions anon wrote: >> >> 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 >> <walksl...@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 <em...@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!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>>>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>>>> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/tutor<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>>> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/tutor<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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