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librosa.util.find_files

librosa.util.find_files(directory, *, ext=None, recurse=True, case_sensitive=False, limit=None, offset=0)[source]

Get a sorted list of (audio) files in a directory or directory sub-tree.

Parameters:

directorystr

Path to look for files

extstr or list of str

A file extension or list of file extensions to include in the search.

Default: ['aac', 'au', 'flac', 'm4a', 'mp3', 'ogg', 'wav']

recurseboolean

If True, then all subfolders of directory will be searched.

Otherwise, only directory will be searched.

case_sensitiveboolean

If False, files matching upper-case version of extensions will be included.

limitint > 0 or None

Return at most limit files. If None, all files are returned.

offsetint

Return files starting at offset within the list.

Use negative values to offset from the end of the list.

Returns:

fileslist of str: The list of audio files.

Examples

>>> # Get all audio files in a directory sub-tree
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music')

>>> # Look only within a specific directory, not the sub-tree
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music', recurse=False)

>>> # Only look for mp3 files
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music', ext='mp3')

>>> # Or just mp3 and ogg
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music', ext=['mp3', 'ogg'])

>>> # Only get the first 10 files
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music', limit=10)

>>> # Or last 10 files
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files('~/Music', offset=-10)

>>> # Avoid including search patterns in the path string
>>> import glob
>>> directory = '~/[202206] Music'
>>> directory = glob.escape(directory)  # Escape the special characters
>>> files = librosa.util.find_files(directory)