#This is pyFind, a python replacement for find(1)
import os, sys, re, fnmatch
from os.path import join
from optparse import OptionParser
usage = "usage: %prog --name <filename> [directory1 directory2]"
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
parser.add_option("--regex", dest="regex",
help="REGEX MATCHING DOES NOT WORK AT THIS TIME, ONLY USE THE --name
OPTION!!!")
parser.add_option("--name", dest="name",
help="Unix style pattern matching search for a file by filename.")
def set_directories(args, directories):
"""initialize directory list to ensure that all subsequent loops
will
loop correctly. directories is a created list and args is the
positional
arguments from OptionParser."""
if args != []:
for arg in args:
#We have to use os.splitdrive() to support Windows. Otherwise you
cannot search
#different drive letters.
(drive, tail) = os.path.splitdrive(arg)
directories.append([drive, tail])
#For handling the default case, which is to search in current working
directory
else: directories.append(os.path.splitdrive(os.getcwd()))
def regex_matcher(value, names):
if value == None:
return names
else:
regex = re.compile(value)
return [name for name in names if regex.search(name)]
def glob_matcher(value, names):
if value == None:
return names
else: return [name for name in names if fnmatch.fnmatch(name,
value)]
if __name__ == "__main__":
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
directories = []
set_directories(args, directories)
for directory in directories:
#If we are in windows, directory[0] will be True. In that case we must
switch
#to the root of that drive letter before we can traverse to the
requested
#directory.
if directory[0] == True:
os.chdir(directory[0])
#Now that we know we are either in the right drive letter or in a Unix
#environment, we can change to the proper directory.
os.chdir(directory[1])
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
# results = regex_matcher(options.regex, files)
# regex = re.compile(options.regex)
# results = [name for name in files if regex.search(name)]
results = glob_matcher(options.name, files)
if results != []: print"/n".join(results)
