examples using os.walk()

[Skaperen]

here is a script that shows the first 10 paths from os.walk() and the first 10 paths from the sort of paths from os.walk().

import os
from os.path import join
from sys import argv

argv.pop(0)
if not argv:
    exit('need one argument naming a file tree')

apex = argv.pop(0)
r = 64*'-'

paths = [apex]
for x,xd,xf in os.walk(apex):
    for d in xd:
        paths.append(join(x,d))
    for f in xf:
        paths.append(join(x,f))

names = paths[:]
names.sort()

for x in range(10):
    print(paths[x])
print(r,flush=True)

for x in range(10):
    print(names[x])
print(r,flush=True)

here is the result on my forums account:

Output:
t2a/forums /home/forums 5> py try_oswalk_sort.py /home/forums
/home/forums
/home/forums/requests
/home/forums/ijson
/home/forums/.subversion
/home/forums/animage
/home/forums/.screenshots
/home/forums/aws
/home/forums/futurist.se
/home/forums/Templates
/home/forums/.ssh-auth
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/home/forums
/home/forums/.ICEauthority
/home/forums/.Xauthority
/home/forums/.alias
/home/forums/.alias.6204310359228514
/home/forums/.alias.6204310951603521
/home/forums/.audacity-data
/home/forums/.audacity-data/AutoSave
/home/forums/.audacity-data/Plug-Ins
/home/forums/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg
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