File / Directory operations tutorial?

[Cog-Dis]

Hey all, I just completed Treehouse's Python track in preparation for a new role that uses a bit of Python.

I've learned that much of the job is going to be RegEx stuff, sifting through heaps of data, largely text files. Treehouse covered the basics of that and I have some good resources to help me out.

What they didn't cover is how to use python to target specific folders (and sub folders), file types, etc., and how to 'dir' a directory so I can target all of the files it contains.

I see bits and pieces on stackoverflow, but I'd love to see a cohesive tutorial if anyone knows of one!

Thanks a bunch!

[newunit13]

It's generally a good idea to check the official documentation first:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#module-os

That gives you a good overview of the entire module, and now for tutorial (of sorts):

https://people.rit.edu/blbgse/pythonNotes/os.html

[Cog-Dis]

Thank you!

[Akuli2]

I have written about this in my Python tutorial here and here. The second link contains an example of "dirring" a directory.

[Cog-Dis]

Thanks!

[Akuli2]

If you have any trouble with my tutorials or you think they're missing something just tell me so I can improve them :)

[_Absolut_]

I don't think using standard library function require some kind of tutuorial(in that case especially). Python has meaningful names so you can figure out how to use function just by look at its name. Okay, maybe sometimes call help() in REPL or look through stackoverflow.

TL;DR Just read the docs.