{"id":151,"date":"2021-05-01T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jibsheet.net\/linux\/?p=151"},"modified":"2021-05-01T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:18:48","slug":"python-how-to-use-glob-under-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jibsheet.net\/linux\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/python-how-to-use-glob-under-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Python &#8211; how to use glob under windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Trick is to use &#8220;r&#8221; before the string<\/h3>\n<p>See error<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;r&#8221; means it is a raw string<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.python.org\/3\/reference\/lexical_analysis.html\">https:\/\/docs.python.org\/3\/reference\/lexical_analysis.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">  File \"C:\\Users\\jonallen\\Documents\\github\\wsgi\\FlaskApp\\FlaskApp\\obs_utils.py\", line 13\r\n    obs_dir = \"C:\\Users\\jonallen\\Documents\\github\\weather_obs\"\r\n                                                              ^\r\nSyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \\UXXXXXXXX escape<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">import os\r\nimport sys\r\nimport glob\r\nfrom pathlib import Path\r\ndef get_obs_csv_files(  dir ):\r\n  glob_path = Path(dir)\r\n  file_list = [str(pp) for pp in glob_path.glob(\"*.csv\")]\r\n  return file_list\r\n\r\n\r\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\r\n   print(\"testing csv files\")\r\n   obs_dir = r\"C:\\Users\\jonallen\\Documents\\github\\weather_obs\"\r\n   flist = get_obs_csv_files( obs_dir)\r\n   print(flist)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trick is to use &#8220;r&#8221; 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