timw.google wrote:
> On May 14, 4:09 pm, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> I want to find all files with the extension "*.txt".
>> From the examples in "Learning Python, Lutz and Asher" and
>> from the website I see examples where you also may specify a wildcard
>> filegroup.
>>
>> But when I try this
>> files = os.listdir('D:\\akto_yk\\yk_controle\\*.txt')
>>
>> I get an error message
>>
>> WindowsError: [Errno 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label
>> syntax is incorrect:
>> 'D:\\akto_yk\\yk_controle\\*.txt/*.*'
>>
>> What am I doing wrong ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Stef Mientki
>
> You want the glob module
>
> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-glob.html
>
> import glob
> glob.glob('*.txt')
thanks that works !
Still don't know why it's not allowed through listdir ;-)
cheers,
Stef Mientki
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