# list files in dir tree by recursion
import sys, os
from random import *
from string import *
def mylister(currdir):
# Can edit the following for tailored searches
allowed = ['doc', 'gif', 'htm', 'html', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'mov', 'pdf', 'rtf', 'txt', 'xls', 'xml']
ideas = []
for file in os.listdir(currdir): # list files here
path = os.path.join(currdir, file) # add dir path back
if not os.path.isdir(path):
fileType = lower(split(path,'.').pop())
if fileType in allowed:
ideas.append(path)
print path
else:
dirParts = split(lower(path),'_')
if 'files' in dirParts:
print path
else:
ideas = ideas + mylister(path) # recur into subdirs
return ideas
# Take the directory as argument, otherwise select all
if __name__ == '__main__':
seed()
ideas = []
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
ideas = mylister(sys.argv[1]) # dir name in cmdline
else:
ideas = mylister('.') # dir name in cmdline
# Create html file with results of query
f=open('ideas.htm','w')
f.write('\n')
f.write('\n')
f.write('Ideas\n')
f.write('\n')
f.write('\n')
for i in range(10):
num = randint(0,len(ideas))
f.write('')
f.write(ideas[num-1])
f.write('
\n')
f.write('\n')
f.write('\n')