from multiprocessing import Pool
from multiprocessing import Process
import glob
import os
import csv
from threading import Thread
from multiprocessing import Pool as ThreadPool
import time
import multiprocessing
patterns = ['ACM','ACX','AW','BC','XU0', 'DRM', 'DHD', 'CR', 'GSK', 'DMS', 'BLS']
	
def process(pattern=[]):
	
	base_path = '/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/*{}*'
	print("ID of process: {}".format(os.getpid()))
	print "Name of the process is :" ,pattern
	
	

	search_path =  base_path.format(pattern)
	for f in glob.glob(search_path):
		print("-----------------------")
		print ("The directory path is:")
		print f
		print("List of files in the directory are:")
		os.chdir('/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/')
		os.chdir(f)
		cwd = os.getcwd()
		for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(cwd, topdown=True):
			for file23 in glob.glob('*.err'):
				print file23	
if __name__ == "__main__":  # confirms that the code is under main function
	patterns = ['ACM','ACX','AW','BC','XU0', 'DRM', 'DHD', 'CR', 'GSK', 'DMS', 'BLS']
	procs = []
	#proc = Process(target=process)  # instantiating without any argument
	#procs.append(proc)
	#proc.start()
	
    # instantiating process with arguments
	for pattern in patterns:
		#print(name)
		proc = Process(target=process,args=(pattern,))
		procs.append(proc)
		proc.start()
	

Output:
ID of process: 5789
Name of the process is : ACM
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_ACM_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
dsplit.err
ID of process: 5793
Name of the process is : XU0
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_XU0_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
t_itm.err
ID of process: 5791
Name of the process is : AW
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_AW_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
aware.err
ID of process: 5796
Name of the process is : CR
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_CR_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
issue.err
ID of process: 5792
Name of the process is : BC
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_BC_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
run_ingest_BC_daily_1249.err
ID of process: 5797
Name of the process is : GSK
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_GSK_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
gs_attribute.err
ID of process: 5790
Name of the process is : ACX
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_ACX_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
accountshighfocus.err
acm_access_log.err
ID of process: 5795
Name of the process is : DHD
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_DHD_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
retpaid.err
ID of process: 5794
Name of the process is : DRM
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_DRM_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
call_report_y9clookup.err
ID of process: 5798
Name of the process is : DMS
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_DMS_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
run_ingest_DMS_daily_1235.err
ID of process: 5799
Name of the process is : BLS
-----------------------
The directory path is:
/ai2/data/dev/admin/inf/inf_BLS_pvt
List of files in the directory are:
run_ingest_BLS_daily_1241.err