Glob2¶

Use glob2 module for recursive globbing.

glob2.glob('**/*.txt')

File walking (with dates)¶

Standard output¶

#! /usr/bin/env python

import os
import datetime as dt

now = dt.datetime.now()
ago = now-dt.timedelta(minutes=30)

for root, dirs,files in os.walk('.'):  
    for fname in files:
        path = os.path.join(root, fname)
        st = os.stat(path)    
        mtime = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(st.st_mtime)
        if mtime > ago:
            print('%s modified %s'%(path, mtime))

Find all newly created modified and deleted files in all the dir

#! /usr/bin/env python

import os
import datetime as dt

now = dt.datetime.now()
# ago = now-dt.timedelta(minutes=30)
ago = now-dt.timedelta(days=5)
os.chdir('/home/human1/Downloads/Firefox')
print(os.getcwd())

for root, dirs,files in os.walk('.'):  
    for fname in files:
        path = os.path.join(root, fname)
        st = os.stat(path)    
        mtime = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(st.st_mtime)
        if mtime > ago and os.path.splitext(fname)[1]=='.jpg':
            print('%s modified %s'%(path, mtime))

PrettyTable output¶

#! /usr/bin/env python

import os, textwrap
import datetime as dt
from prettytable import PrettyTable

now = dt.datetime.now()
# ago = now-dt.timedelta(minutes=30)
ago = now-dt.timedelta(days=5)
os.chdir('/home/human1/Downloads/Firefox')
print(os.getcwd())

global listing
listing = []

for root, dirs,files in os.walk('.'):  
    for fname in files:
        path = os.path.join(root, fname)
        st = os.stat(path)    
        mtime = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(st.st_mtime)
        if mtime > ago and os.path.splitext(fname)[1]=='.jpg':
            # print('%s modified %s'%(path, mtime))
            listing.append((textwrap.fill(path, width=35), mtime))

x = PrettyTable(["Path", "Modified"])
x.align["Path"] = "l" # Left align city names
x.padding_width = 1 # One space between column edges and contents (default)
for row in listing:
    x.add_row(row)

print(x)