PYTHON iterate all files in a directory

To iterate through all the files within the specified directory (folder), with ability to use wildcards (*, ?, and [ ]-style ranges), use the following code snippet:

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PYTHON:

1. import os
2. import glob
3.  
4. path = 'sequences/'
5. for infile in glob.glob( os.path.join(path, '*.fasta') ):
6.     print "current file is: " + infile

If you do not need wildcards, then there is a simpler way to list all items in a directory:

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PYTHON:

1. import os
2.  
3. path = 'sequences/'
4. listing = os.listdir(path)
5. for infile in listing:
6.     print "current file is: " + infile