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post	publish	true	My very first Python script : DocFinder	Julien Lengrand-Lambert	jlengrand	julien@lengrand.fr	http://www.lengrand.fr	652	http://www.lengrand.fr/?p=652	2012-06-17 11:32:37.000000000 +02:00	misc programming Python	bash programmer first code code docfinder opensource

As you may already have noticed, I am quite found of Python as a programming language.

I fell in love with Python some years ago, but you should know more about this soon :).

As many of Python users, I started with Dive into Python (moreover its french translation).

Some days ago, I found myself into the very first Python script I ever written (but still use some times :)). I found it funny (even more when you think that It can be reduced to a one-liner), and thought I would share it.

It aims at listing all documents from a given extension in a folder. To use it, simply run

[bash]

$ docfinder folder extension

[/bash]

So here is the code :

{% highlight python %} #!/usr/bin/python #* coding: ISO-8859-15 * import os import sys

def scan_rep(repertoir, extension): """scanne le rep courant pour trouver des tex""" for racine, reps, fichiers in os.walk(repertoir, topdown=True): for fichier in fichiers: if fichier.endswith('.%s' % extension): nom_complet=os.path.join(racine, fichier) print '%s '%(nom_complet) if name=='main': scan_rep(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2]) {% endhighlight %}

Pretty lame, isn't it ? :)

When you find yourself a bad programmer, it is always good to look at the past and see that you actually made some progress :).

You might want to check my current pet project, it is also all Python :)

Julien