read the latest text file

I have one question for scripting.

Is rhino python support sort time ??? I have a list of text files by different time inside one folder. I want grasshopper script to read the latest text file inside one folder.

I have check some solution in python

here is example :

files = os.listdir(".") 
files.sort(key=os.path.getmtime, reverse=True) 

for name in files:     with open(name) as f:       
  if search_string in f.read():        
     print name          
   break

anyway to translate to rhinopython code ???

many thanks.
best,

Carl

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Peter Ayad on June 14, 2014 at 9:37am

hi Carl, can you try this one?

import os
path = 'c:/python-test/' #change this path

files = os.listdir(path + '.')
files = [path+x for x in files]
files = sorted(files,key=os.path.getmtime)[::-1]

for i in files:
print i

Permalink Reply by Carl Yu on February 8, 2015 at 4:55am

Hi Peter

many thanks for help. So sorry for rely after many months .

I have tried it. it doesn't support import OS said syntax error

is there any idea ?

many thanks.

best

Carl

Permalink Reply by Matt McDonnell on February 10, 2015 at 5:37pm

Carl,

It's not a problem with your 'import' call. It's a problem with indentation.

It looks like form your picture that you have a tab in front of "import os". And all of the other lines for that matter...

Check out the indentation rules for coding in Python here:

https://docs.python.org/release/2.5.1/ref/indentation.html

Permalink Reply by Carl Yu on February 11, 2015 at 6:52pm

many thanks .

it works now.

Permalink Reply by azin sa on August 2, 2019 at 9:07am

hi !

could you please send the latest version of your code I'm trying to do the same thing in python grasshopper, getting errors :(

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