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at March 19, 2008 13:22 by brunns
Initial Code 
import os, fnmatch

def locate(pattern, root=os.curdir):
    '''Locate all files matching supplied filename pattern in and below
    supplied root directory.'''
    for path, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.abspath(root)):
        for filename in fnmatch.filter(files, pattern):
            yield os.path.join(path, filename)
Initial URL 
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/499305
Initial Description 
os.walk is a very nice replacement for os.path.walk, which I never did feel comfortable with. There's one very common pattern of usage, though, which still benefits from a simple helper-function; locating all files matching a given file-name pattern within a directory tree.
Initial Title 
Locating files throughout a directory tree
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Python