This is a package for you to locate your target file(s)/dir(s) easily.
pip install findfile
from findfile import FileManager
if __name__ == "__main__":
# create a FileManager to index your files in the directory
fm = FileManager(
r"word_dir"
)
txt_files = fm.find_cwd_files(key=".txt", use_regex=False, recursive=30)
lines = fm.readlines() # read all lines in the files
png_files = fm.find_cwd_files(key=".png")
print(txt_files)If you have been bothered by FileNotFoundError while the file does exist but misplaced, you can call
from findfile import find_file, find_files, find_dir, find_dirs
search_path = './'
key = ['target', '.txt'] # str or list, the files whose absolute path contain all the keys in the key are the target files
exclude_key = ['dev', '.ignore'] # str or list, the files whose absolute path contain any exclude key are ignored
target_file = find_file(search_path, key, exclude_key, recursive=False) # return the first target file, recursive means to search in all subdirectories
target_files = find_files(search_path, key, exclude_key, recursive=True) # return all the target files, only the first param are required
target_dir = find_dir(search_path, key, exclude_key) # search directory instead of file
target_dirs = find_dirs(search_path, key, exclude_key) # search directories