Answers for "how to get all directories in python"

get list of folders in directory python

import os 
my_list = os.listdir('My_directory')

python list directories only

>>> [ name for name in os.listdir(thedir) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(thedir, name)) ]
['ctypes', 'distutils', 'encodings', 'lib-tk', 'config', 'idlelib', 'xml', 'bsddb', 'hotshot', 'logging', 'doc', 'test', 'compiler', 'curses', 'site-packages', 'email', 'sqlite3', 'lib-dynload', 'wsgiref', 'plat-linux2', 'plat-mac']

how to get all folders on path in python

os.walk(directory)
[x[0] for x in os.walk(directory)]

scan all directories with python

import glob

# path to search single character filename
path = "sales/?.jpeg"
for file in glob.glob(path):
    print(file)

# path to search three-character filename
path = "sales/???.jpeg"
for file in glob.glob(path):
    print(file)

# search file that starts with word 'cha' followed by exact two-character
path = "sales/cha??.txt"
for file in glob.glob(path):
    print(file)