piper.io.list_files¶

piper.io.list_files(source='inputs/', glob_pattern='*.xls*', recurse=False, as_posix=False, regex='')[source]¶

return a list of files.

Criteria parameter allows one to focus on one or a group of files.

Examples

List ALL files in /inputs directory, returning a list of paths:

list_files(glob_pattern = ‘*’, regex=’Test’, as_posix=True)

Parameters

source – source folder, default - ‘inputs/’
glob_pattern – file extension filter (str), default - ‘.xls’
regex –
if specified, allows regular expression to further filter the file selection. Default is ‘’

example
```
list_files(glob_pattern = '*.tsv', regex='Test', as_posix=True)
>['inputs/Test XL WorkBook.tsv']
```
recurse – recurse directory (boolean), default False
as_posix – If True, return list of files strings, default False

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