> Find all the files in C:\Folder that are between Firstdate and > SecondDate.
This should do it:
import time import os firstdate = "200801010000" seconddate = "200801020000" def get_timestamp(s): return time.mktime(time.strptime(s, "%Y%m%d%H%M")) start = get_timestamp(firstdate) end = get_timestamp(seconddate) location = '/path/to/wherever/' files = [fname for fname in os.listdir(location) if start <= os.stat(os.path.join(location, fname)).st_mtime <= end ] print files
The magic is the the os.stat(f).st_mtime to determine when the associated timestamp, the os.listdir() to get the available files in a directory, and the list-comprehension to filter to only the ones you want.
On Dec 6, 9:41 am, Gregory Plantaine <gamersu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That worked perfectly!
> Thanks Tim!
> Since we can print the files, does that mean the list of files is in a > tuple, or something? Would there be a way to further split up the > file names?
> For example, now that the files are processed into the list, we want > to look through that list to find different filetypes.
*DANGER* It looks like you are interested in the timestamps that are embedded in the names of the files. Tim's code assumes [reasonably given that your problem description was ambiguous and had no examples of good and bad results] that you are interested in the last modification time of the file. You may say "same thing". Yes, same thing, until somebody sucks a file into a text editor, messes with it, and saves it again. No, Murphy's Law has not been repealed.
> Can we split up .111 files?
> Actually, where would I look something like this up?
In the Library Reference Manual ... there are all sorts of goodies in the os and os.path modules e.g. like those used by Tim; make sure you read the docs on the methods Tim used so that you understand what's happening.
> On Dec 6, 9:41 am, GregoryPlantaine<gamersu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That worked perfectly!
> > Thanks Tim!
> > Since we can print the files, does that mean the list of files is in a > > tuple, or something? Would there be a way to further split up the > > file names?
> > For example, now that the files are processed into the list, we want > > to look through that list to find different filetypes.
> *DANGER* It looks like you are interested in the timestamps that are > embedded in the names of the files. Tim's code assumes [reasonably > given that your problem description was ambiguous and had no examples > of good and bad results] that you are interested in the last > modification time of the file. You may say "same thing". Yes, same > thing, until somebody sucks a file into a text editor, messes with it, > and saves it again. No, Murphy's Law has not been repealed.
> > Can we split up .111 files?
> > Actually, where would I look something like this up?
> In the Library Reference Manual ... there are all sorts of goodies in > the os and os.path modules e.g. like those used by Tim; make sure you > read the docs on the methods Tim used so that you understand what's > happening.
> HTH, > John
Thanks for the advice John!
I was going though the Manual, but I'm having some trouble figuring out how to iterate through each line.
So from the same example, we've already created a list called "lists". Now how do I iterate through each line?
> On Dec 5, 3:14 pm, John Machin <sjmac...@lexicon.net> wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 9:41 am, GregoryPlantaine<gamersu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That worked perfectly!
> > > Thanks Tim!
> > > Since we can print the files, does that mean the list of files is in a > > > tuple, or something? Would there be a way to further split up the > > > file names?
> > > For example, now that the files are processed into the list, we want > > > to look through that list to find different filetypes.
> > *DANGER* It looks like you are interested in the timestamps that are > > embedded in the names of the files. Tim's code assumes [reasonably > > given that your problem description was ambiguous and had no examples > > of good and bad results] that you are interested in the last > > modification time of the file. You may say "same thing". Yes, same > > thing, until somebody sucks a file into a text editor, messes with it, > > and saves it again. No, Murphy's Law has not been repealed.
> > > Can we split up .111 files?
> > > Actually, where would I look something like this up?
> > In the Library Reference Manual ... there are all sorts of goodies in > > the os and os.path modules e.g. like those used by Tim; make sure you > > read the docs on the methods Tim used so that you understand what's > > happening.
> > HTH, > > John
> Thanks for the advice John!
> I was going though the Manual, but I'm having some trouble figuring > out how to iterate through each line.
> So from the same example, we've already created a list called "lists". > Now how do I iterate through each line?
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Ok, I figured it out. Actually more simple than I thought:
for eachfile in files: if eachfile.endswith(".111"): print eachfile
Another somewhat related question, instead of defining the firstdate, how would we do this?
