Search a string in a directory

Question

Hi i wrote this code for searching a keyword in a list of files

import glob
import os
print "enter directory path"
path=raw_input()
print "Enter keyword"
key=raw_input()
os.chdir(path)
for files in glob.glob("*.*"):
    with open(file) as f:
         contents=f.read()
    if key in contents:
          print file

I am relatively new to Python.Can anyone please help me to modify the same for searching in sub directory too??

warvariuc · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-10T08:08:26.877

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Use os.walk:

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(your_dir_path):
    for file in files:
        file = os.path.join(root, file)    
        with open(file) as f:
             ...

edited Feb 10 '14 at 08:08

answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:36

warvariuc

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I tried this one but it shows an error like this Traceback (most recent call last): File "s.py", line 10, in with open(file) as fdf: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'accounts.cfg' – amaluth Feb 10 '14 at 07:54
if you are using linux, it's much faster to call `grep` using `subprocess` module – warvariuc Feb 10 '14 at 08:37
I dont know how to use that.I'm just a beginner – amaluth Feb 10 '14 at 09:15

Search a string in a directory

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