[Tkinter] add search bar = search for input in all computer directory

[francisco_neves2020]

the following code will search from starting directory to last node.
you can find values for stat here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stat.html

with this, you can test each entry for file type (directory, regular file, symbolic link, etc,)
and use what you need as they are all presented in the list returned from walk node:

You can insert what you need into your tkinter search algorithm

import os
import stat
from pathlib import Path


class FileWalker:
    '''
    startdir = path relative to current path, example '../data' or
               use absolute path
    '''
    def __init__(self, startdir):
        # Anchor starting directory
        os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
        fileinfo = self.walk_node(startdir)

        # print first 10 entries.
        for n, entry in enumerate(fileinfo):
            if n > 10:
                break
            print(f'\nabspath: {entry[0]}')
            print(f'stats:   {entry[1]}')
            if stat.S_ISDIR(entry[1][0]):
                print(f'{entry[0].name} is a directory')
            elif stat.S_ISREG(entry[1][0]):
                print(f'{entry[0].name} is a regular file')
            # You can check for all possibilities.

    def find_file(self, filename):
        print(f'Searching for {filename}')
        for entry in self.fileinfo:
            if filename == entry[0].name:
                print(f'file found in {entry[0].resolve()}')

    def walk_node(self, node, display=False):
        p = Path(node)
        fileinfo = []
        for file in p.glob('**/*'):
            fileinfo.append([file.resolve(), file.stat()])
        return fileinfo

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fw = FileWalker('/home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data')
    print('\n\n')
    fw.find_file('Delaware.html')

sample run from above (first 10 itens in array)

Output:
abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/control
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71960773, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1550099077, st_ctime=1555110549)
control is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/www2.census.gov.old
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71960776, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=3, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1551005107, st_ctime=1555110556)
www2.census.gov.old is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/html_old
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71960656, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110549, st_mtime=1550613985, st_ctime=1555110549)
html_old is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/json
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71960655, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1549856578, st_ctime=1555110548)
json is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/tmp
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=69209097, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=3, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110541, st_mtime=1551742394, st_ctime=1555110541)
tmp is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/tmp_old
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71960713, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1550613985, st_ctime=1555110549)
tmp_old is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/docs
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71959774, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=6, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1551614378, st_ctime=1555110548)
docs is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/0README_PL.doc
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=33279, st_ino=69209092, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=1, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=98816, st_atime=1555110540, st_mtime=1551005110, st_ctime=1555110540)
0README_PL.doc is a regular file

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/www2.census.gov
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=69209211, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=95, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110542, st_mtime=1551563760, st_ctime=1555110542)
www2.census.gov is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/html
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=69209093, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1551742394, st_ctime=1555110540)
html is a directory

abspath: /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/ftp
stats:   os.stat_result(st_mode=16895, st_ino=71959772, st_dev=2049, st_nlink=2, st_uid=1000, st_gid=1000, st_size=4096, st_atime=1555110604, st_mtime=1551573910, st_ctime=1555110542)
ftp is a directory



Searching for Delaware.html
file found in /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/html_old/Delaware.html
file found in /home/larz60/Documents/TestFileWalker/data/tmp_old/Delaware.html

when done playing with this code, remove all print statements, and the call to run (in __init__)
fileinfo = self.walk_node(startdir)
and then import the class into your program and use what you want.

** Edited 8:33 PM EDT **
added find_file routine and test for same

Thanks for your tip, since your code gives me error. The person with lots of files, should put them in folders, that's why i created different code to do that. Then it's more easy for her to search for the any intended file