Here is a way to find out what type of windows extensions. pictures in this case.
Count how many of each.
import os ext_count = dict() my_root = r"C:\Users\jonallen\Pictures" # some dir to start in for root, dirs, files in os.walk(my_root): for file in files: pathname, exten = os.path.splitext(file) if exten in ext_count.keys(): ext_count[exten] += 1 else: ext_count[exten] = 1 print(extensions) for k in ext_count.keys(): print(" ext: ", k, "has ", ext_count[k], " occurances")