Print files over 1GB

Question

I am learning how to write python. As a test I want to print the names of all files bigger than 1GB here is my code so far:

path = 'C:\\Users\\brentond\\Documents\\Outlook Files'
for filename in path:
    if os.path.getsize(os.path.join(path, filename))>1000000000:
        print(filename)

I get this error

SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement

Also, from [the error](https://stackoverflow.com/q/21226808/1639625) it seems like you pasted this into an interactive shell instead of creating and running a `.py` file. — tobias_k, Dec 02 '19 at 14:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '19 at 14:19

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You need to replace path with os.listdir() which will return an iterable of files in your path.

for filename in os.listdir(path)

answered Dec 02 '19 at 14:19

zglin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '19 at 14:20

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you should use os.listdir instead:

 import os
 for filename in os.listdir(path):

and then the rest of your code

answered Dec 02 '19 at 14:20

jorop

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '19 at 14:22

In ypur case, path is just a string, and looping through it will return each character. you have to use os.listdir() to get a list.

Also, you could test for file first, so you don't get size for evry directory as well.

here is the full code

for filename in os.listdir(path):
    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, filename)) and os.path.getsize(os.path.join(path, filename))>1000000000:
        print(filename)

Print files over 1GB

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