Search all files with same name in a directory python

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I Have a Question : I need to get paths of a file in a directory, I have a folder that contains other folders and other folders etc.... and each of them contains a file "tv.sas7bdat" I need to get every path to that file. Thank you !!!

Please show us, if you have tried anything on your own. It would be helpful for us. — Arunesh Singh, Jul 08 '19 at 09:35
Specifically `tv.sas7bdat` or all files that are repeated, or all files in general grouped by file name? — Alexander Ejbekov, Jul 08 '19 at 09:39
Does file `tv.sas7bdat` exist multiple times in the directory ? — Amine Messaoudi, Jul 08 '19 at 09:40
@Alexander Ejbekov it is specific to that file because I will need to do the same process for other specific files too — Shahine Greene, Jul 08 '19 at 09:53
@Amine Messaoudi yes it appears many times in different folders — Shahine Greene, Jul 08 '19 at 09:53

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:47

You can try the following code, where PATH stands for the parent directory

import os
def getAlldirInDiGui(path,resultList):
    filesList=os.listdir(path)
    for fileName in filesList:
        fileAbpath=os.path.join(path,fileName)
        if os.path.isdir(fileAbpath):
            getAlldirInDiGui(fileAbpath,resultList)
        else:
            if fileName=='tv.sas7bdat':
                resultList.append(fileAbpath)
resultList = []
PATH = ""
getAlldirInDiGui(PATH,resultList)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:49

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If I get your problem right you can achieve your goal using Pythons's os.walk function, like so:

import os
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("<starting folder here>", topdown=False):
    for name in files:
        if name == "tv.sas7bdat":
            print(os.path.join(root, name))

p.s: as for comments in your question, next time please provide as many details possible in your question and provide code of your attempt, see the asking guidelines

answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:49

Hrabal

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Sorry for the short details I thought my question is very obvious and clear, Thank you – Shahine Greene Jul 08 '19 at 10:05

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:55

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You can use os.walk()

import os

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
    for f in files:
        if f.find("tv.sas7bdat")>=0:
            print(root,f)

answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:55

Vinu Chandran

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Where to indicate the path of the directory, please – Shahine Greene Jul 08 '19 at 10:01
Sorry, you can remove the ```os.getcwd()``` and give the path of your directory. ```os.getcwd()``` takes the current working directory. – Vinu Chandran Jul 08 '19 at 10:22

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:51

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Hope fully below code should work for you:

import glob
initial_path = "c:\<intital folder location>"
files = [file for file in glob.glob(initial_path+ "tv.sas7bdat" , recursive=True)]
for f in files:
    print(f)

answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:51

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vlemaistre · Answer 5 · 2019-07-08T13:42:14.917

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You could use the os python package combined with a recursive function to search through a certain directory

import os
from os.path import isfile, join, isdir

def get_files_path(directory, paths):
    for item in os.listdir(directory):
        if isfile(join(directory, item)) and item == "tv.sas7bda":
            paths.append(directory + item)
        elif isdir(directory+item):
            get_files_path(directory + item, paths)
    return paths

directory_to_search = "./"
get_files_path(directory_to_search , [])

edited Jul 08 '19 at 13:42

answered Jul 08 '19 at 09:52

vlemaistre

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Can you please indicate where i should enter the Directory path ? – Shahine Greene Jul 08 '19 at 10:10
you should enter it in the variable directory_to_search ^^ – vlemaistre Jul 08 '19 at 11:20
yes i have done that, but still showing : directory not defined – Shahine Greene Jul 08 '19 at 13:36
My bad I had written the wrong variable name when I was calling the function. I edited my answer, try again while putting your directory in the directory_to_search variable :) – vlemaistre Jul 08 '19 at 13:43

Search all files with same name in a directory python

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