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Python glob include hidden files and folders

Python glob include hidden files and folders Question: I try to loop over all files matching a certain extension, including those inside hidden folders. So far I haven’t found a way to do this with iglob. This works for all folder except those starting with a dot: import glob for filename in glob.iglob(‘/path/**/*.ext’, recursive=True): print(filename) …

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IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied when trying to open hidden file in "w" mode

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied when trying to open hidden file in "w" mode Question: I want to replace the contents of a hidden file, so I attempted to open it in w mode so it would be erased/truncated: >>> import os >>> ini_path = ‘.picasa.ini’ >>> os.path.exists(ini_path) True >>> os.access(ini_path, os.W_OK) True >>> ini_handle …

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How to ignore hidden files using os.listdir()?

How to ignore hidden files using os.listdir()? Question: My python script executes an os.listdir(path) where the path is a queue containing archives that I need to treat one by one. The problem is that I’m getting the list in an array and then I just do a simple array.pop(0). It was working fine until I …

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