How to store the file names in array from python

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I am new to python and using python2.7 in linux, I wrote the small python program as below, but i want to store the each filename into one variable(index_list[1],...).

index_list=[]
index_list=commands.getoutput('find /etl/input/ -maxdepth 6 -iname "*tmp" ')

print index_list[1]

Thanks, Prasad

willeM_ Van Onsem · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-23 12:28:21Z

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Use os library: https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.listdir

import os

mylist = os.listdir(path)

edited Jan 23, 2017 at 12:28

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answered Jan 23, 2017 at 12:27

How about nope

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Prasad Over a year ago

Thanks Willem Van Onsem , but i want to use the find command in my program and output will be stored in array format. example my find command get the 4 filenames, each file name should be stored in separate variable like var[1],var[2]...etc

How about nope Over a year ago

So save output from commands.getoutput('yourcommandhere') to variable and then split it by '\n' ex: index_list = index_list.split('\n')

nguaman · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-23 12:28:53Z

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you can try his

import os 
from pprint import pprint 

files = []
for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('.'):
    # print path to all subdirectories first.
    for subdirname in dirnames:
        files.append(os.path.join(dirname, subdirname))

    # print path to all filenames.
    for filename in filenames:
        files.append(os.path.join(dirname, filename))


pprint(files)

answered Jan 23, 2017 at 12:28

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