- 1 year ago
*.* as pattern for folders and files
In most file systems and programming languages, the *.*
pattern is used to match all files in a directory, including those with any extension. However, it does not match directories themselves.
To match both files and directories, you can use a recursive approach or combine multiple patterns.
Here's an example of how you can achieve this in Python using the os
module:
pythonimport os
def list_files_and_folders(directory):
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
for file in files:
print(os.path.join(root, file))
for folder in dirs:
print(os.path.join(root, folder))
# Usage
directory_path = "path/to/directory"
list_files_and_folders(directory_path)
In this example, the os.walk()
function is used to traverse through the directory tree recursively. It returns a tuple (root, dirs, files)
for each directory it encounters. root
is the current directory, dirs
is a list of subdirectories, and files
is a list of files.
By iterating over files
and dirs
, you can print the paths of both files and directories.
Please note that the specific implementation may vary depending on the programming language or file system you are working with. Additionally, be cautious when working with large directory trees, as recursive traversal can be resource-intensive.