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Simple directory list command with filename wildcard support (Python recipe) by Vasudev Ram
ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/580724/)

This recipe shows a simple directory listing program. It can accept multiple command-line arguments specifying filenames. These filenames can include wildcard characters like * (asterisk) and ? (question mark), as is common in OS command shells like bash (Unix) and CMD (Windows). Tested on Windows but should work on Unix too, since it uses no OS-specific functions, or rather, it does use them, but that happens under the hood, within the libraries used.

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from __future__ import print_function
'''
file_glob.py
Lists filenames matching one or more wildcard patterns.
Author: Vasudev Ram
Copyright 2016 Vasudev Ram
Web site: https://vasudevram.github.io
Blog: http://jugad2.blogspot.com
Product store: https://gumroad.com/vasudevram
'''

import sys
import glob

sa = sys.argv
lsa = len(sys.argv)

if lsa < 2:
    print("{}: Must give one or more filename wildcard arguments.".
        format(sa[0]))
    sys.exit(1)

for arg in sa[1:]:
    print("Files matching pattern {}:".format(arg))
    for filename in glob.glob(arg):
            print(filename)

More details, and sample output, available here.

Tags: commandline, directory, file, filesystem, python, utilities