Python .glob()

The .glob() method returns a list of possible matches for a pathname string.

Syntax

glob.glob(pathname, recursive)

The pathname must be a valid string that represents a file path that can either be absolute or relative.

By default, recursive is set to False. But when set to True, the pattern ** can be used to match any files and folders in a given directory.

Example

The example below showcases some common use-cases for the .glob() method:

import glob

# Files in current folder
glob.glob('*.*')

# Files in subfolder
glob.glob('*/*')

# Everything in current folder
glob.glob('**/*', recursive=True)

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