How can I recursively search for a file in Python-CodePudding

I have a program that asks the user for a path and then searches for a filename entered by the user.

I have already tried os.listdir, but it returns just the files and subdirectories directly inside the path.
It also does not search the subdirectories for the files.
I also don't know how to use os.walk() method.

Any help on how to do that?

CodePudding user response：

You can use the glob.glob() function to do the job. Syntax:

glob.glob(path, recursive=True)

Example code:

import glob
path = "C:\\Users\\<username>\\Example"
names = glob.glob(path      "\\*\\*.*", recursive=True)

This searches recursively in the directory and returns a list of the files found.

CodePudding user response：

Use pathlib : https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html?highlight=pathlib#module-pathlib

for PyFile in Path('.').glob('**/*.py'):
 ...