Take the 2-minute tour ×  My python script executes an
os.listdir(path) where the path is a queue containing archives
that I need to treat one by one.  The problem is that I'm
getting the list in an array and then I just do a simple
array.pop(0). It was working fine until I put the project in
subversion. Now I get the .svn folder in my array and of course
it makes my application crash.  So here is my question: is there
an existing function that ignore hidden files when executing an
os.listdir() and if not what would be the best way?  Thank you.
share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers  up vote 17
down vote accepted  You can write one yourself:  def
listdir_nohidden(path):     for f in os.listdir(path):
if not f.startswith('.'):             yield f  Or you can use a
glob:  def listdir_nohidden(path):     return
glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*'))  Either of these will ignore
all filenames beginning with '.'.  share|improve this answer the
proposed function listdir_nohidden is not quite compat