How to sort os.walk list?

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How to sort os.walk list?

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Oct-09-2020, 03:27 PM

If you want to visit the directories in order as well, you can also sort, but you have to sort the existing list, not return a new one.

Adding

dirs.sort()

after the os.walk() call will sort the directories and then the processing of them will be in sorted order as well.

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RE: How to sort os.walk list? - by bowlofred - Oct-09-2020, 03:27 PM

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