Find files in a directory with a partial string match
Having the files in /mydir
as follows
mydir
├── apple1.json.gz
├── apple2.json.gz
├── banana1.json.gz
├── melon1.json.gz
└── melon2.json.gz
you could either do
import glob
import os
os.chdir('/mydir')
for file in glob.glob('apple*.json.gz'):
print file
or
import glob
for file in glob.glob('/mydir/apple*.json.gz'):
print file
Changing directories will not effect glob.glob('/absolute/path')
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Double List Comprehension Method
I was looking for a similar tool and developed a double list comprehension method that should work well for your case (I tested it for my case) ...
import os
def get_file_names_with_strings(str_list):
full_list = os.listdir("path_to_your_dir")
final_list = [nm for ps in str_list for nm in full_list if ps in nm]
return final_list
print(get_file_names_with_strings(['apple', 'banana', 'melon']))