Loop through directories and cd to only the first dir under each

Asked Dec 19 '20 at 11:24

Active Dec 19 '20 at 12:21

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rawsource="/Users/user/project/CODE_BASE"  
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(rawsource):
    print(root)

This is printing like 4-5 levels deep of paths like:

/CODE_BASE/website/.git/info
/CODE_BASE/website/.git/refs/remotes/origin

I just want to print:

/CODE_BASE/website

for example.

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks

UPDATED .. this prints out paths 4-5 levels deep like shown above

def walklevel(some_dir, level=1):
    some_dir = some_dir.rstrip(os.path.sep)
    assert os.path.isdir(some_dir)
    num_sep = some_dir.count(os.path.sep)
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(some_dir):
        yield root, dirs, files
        num_sep_this = root.count(os.path.sep)
        #if num_sep + level <= num_sep_this:
        #    del dirs[:]
        print(root)
list(walklevel(rawsource))[0]

edited Dec 19 '20 at 12:21

asked Dec 19 '20 at 11:24

Jshee

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/234329/12502959 help? – python_user Dec 19 '20 at 11:26
Any easier alternative @python_learner ? e.g. `print(dirs[0])` ? anything easier than what you suggested? Thanks – Jshee Dec 19 '20 at 11:31
well you can convert that generator to a list and then index? something like `list(walklevel('/Users/user/project/CODE_BASE'))[0]` – python_user Dec 19 '20 at 11:34
If I try that though, it still prints out the 4-5 levels deep. see updated. rawsource is set to `/CODE_BASE` – Jshee Dec 19 '20 at 12:21
Any thoughts @python_learner ? Thanks – Jshee Dec 19 '20 at 18:10
ohh hey, sorry I was away, will update if I find a better alternative – python_user Dec 20 '20 at 06:51

Loop through directories and cd to only the first dir under each

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