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user2337629
user2337629

Reputation: 7

How to get user input to search a file in Python?

I have this code that searches all the files from the given directory, but I want to change it so that it can search a file from the users input? and then ask again if the file is not found? The following code i have is:

import os
import sys
from stat import *


def depthsearch(directory):
    for files in os.listdir(directory):
        fileItem = os.path.join(directory, files)
        fileItemStatInfo = os.stat(fileItem)
        if S_ISDIR(fileItemStatInfo.st_mode):
            depthsearch(fileItem)
        elif S_ISREG(fileItemStatInfo.st_mode):
            print("Found File:", fileItem)

depthsearch("C:")

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2226

Answers (3)

arshajii
arshajii

Reputation: 129537

What about

depthsearch(raw_input())  # or 'input()' for Python 3

To check if a given string represents a valid directory, you can use os.path.isdir(). So you could wrap your call to depthsearch() in a while loop that keeps asking the user for input until they provide a valid directory.

Upvotes: 2

Paulo Bu
Paulo Bu

Reputation: 29804

You can get input by using:

Python 2.X's raw_input function:

s = raw_input()

Python 3.X's input function:

s = input()

Upvotes: 1

elnabo
elnabo

Reputation: 264

def depthsearch(directory, fileName):
    for files in os.listdir(directory):
        fileItem = os.path.join(directory, files)
        fileItemStatInfo = os.stat(fileItem)
        if S_ISDIR(fileItemStatInfo.st_mode):
            depthsearch(fileItem,filename)
        elif S_ISREG(fileItemStatInfo.st_mode or (files==filename):
            print("Found File:", fileItem)

depthsearch("C:", "python.exe")

This allow you to search a file in a directory. It just test if the name are the same.

Upvotes: 0

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