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Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 42329

Open existing file of unknown extension

I need to open a file for reading, I know the folder it is in, I know it exists and I know the (unique) name of it but I don't know the extension before hand.

How can I open the file for reading?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2229

Answers (1)

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298106

Use glob to find it:

import os
import glob

filename = glob.glob(os.path.join(folder, name + '.*'))[0]

Or with a generator:

filename = next(glob.iglob(os.path.join(folder, name + '.*')))

Upvotes: 7

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