Opening files with a "wildcard" in python

Asked May 26 '17 at 00:21

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I have a directory set up like this:

content/
content/file1-helloworld.txt
content/file2myproject.txt
content/file3_howareyou.txt

And in python I have the following:

file = open("content/FILE_NAME.txt", "r")
print (file.read())

I would like to reference the files with a wildcard. So I can open "file1-helloworld.txt" by asking for file1(wildcard) or something similar.

edited May 26 '17 at 00:31

zondo

asked May 26 '17 at 00:21

max - maauer

What exactly do you want to achieve? "or something similar" is a very vague way of asking. What have you tried, and where are you stuck? – Mathias Rav May 26 '17 at 00:23
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Have you looked at the `glob` module? – ShadowRanger May 26 '17 at 00:23
That's the first I found... Obviously you don't need to use recursion – OneCricketeer May 26 '17 at 00:24

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