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Peter Otten wrote:

[please don't email me directly]

> How is using glob different from os.listdir() Peter?

glob retains the path and allows you to filter the files. Compare:

>>> import os, glob
>>> os.listdir("alpha")
['one.py', 'two.py', 'one.txt', 'three.py', 'three.txt', 'two.txt']
>>> glob.glob("alpha/*")
['alpha/one.py', 'alpha/two.py', 'alpha/one.txt', 'alpha/three.py',
'alpha/three.txt', 'alpha/two.txt']
>>> glob.glob("alpha/*.py")
['alpha/one.py', 'alpha/two.py', 'alpha/three.py']

See the documentation for more.