Hello anonymous questioner,
> ok, thanks for your help Andre
your welcome. hope you continue enjoying python.
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!!
>>>>
>>>>
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