{"id":11531,"date":"2024-03-14T14:17:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-recursively-traverse-folders-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:09:38","slug":"how-to-recursively-traverse-folders-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-recursively-traverse-folders-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Recursively Traverse Folders in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the os module to traverse folders. Below is an example of traversing folders using recursion.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> os\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">traverse_folder<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">folder_path<\/span>):\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u83b7\u53d6\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\u4e0b\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6587\u4ef6\u548c\u6587\u4ef6\u5939<\/span>\r\n    files = os.listdir(folder_path)\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> files:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u62fc\u63a5\u6587\u4ef6\u8def\u5f84<\/span>\r\n        file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, file)\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> os.path.isdir(file_path):\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5982\u679c\u662f\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\uff0c\u5219\u9012\u5f52\u904d\u5386<\/span>\r\n            traverse_folder(file_path)\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span>:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5982\u679c\u662f\u6587\u4ef6\uff0c\u5219\u6253\u5370\u6587\u4ef6\u8def\u5f84<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(file_path)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8c03\u7528\u51fd\u6570\u904d\u5386\u6587\u4ef6\u5939<\/span>\r\ntraverse_folder(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_folder_path'<\/span>)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The traverse_folder function in the code above is used to recursively navigate through folders, with the folder_path parameter representing the path to the folder to be traversed. Initially, all files and folders within the folder are retrieved. It then determines whether each path is a folder or a file. If it is a folder, the traverse_folder function is called recursively. If it is a file, the file path is printed.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that when calling the traverse_folder function, you need to pass in the folder path to be traversed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the os module to traverse folders. 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