How do I open multiple files with a program?

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For example, opening many text files with notepad++ via python script. I need to open every file in a directory.

Iterate over each file in your directory, opening each file via `with open() as file:` construct. — Christian Dean, Dec 28 '16 at 06:03
@leaf no I think he wants to open in GUI mode. In linux you can do `gedit *` inside folder. dunno about windows. — Mohammad Yusuf, Dec 28 '16 at 06:04
You can use `subprocess.popen()` in a loop to execute a shell command on each file. — Barmar, Dec 28 '16 at 06:07
Try this: `Start notepad++ *.txt` in powershell after entering the folder. — Mohammad Yusuf, Dec 28 '16 at 06:11
@Community♦ this is not a duplicate. It is very closely related, but not a duplicate. — Christian Dean, Dec 28 '16 at 06:12
Notepad++ provides Python module. Check this http://npppythonscript.sourceforge.net/docs/latest/notepad.html — shrishinde, Dec 28 '16 at 06:15
@MYGz I know :-) I _was_ going to ask somebody to reopen the question, but its fine. — Christian Dean, Dec 28 '16 at 06:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 06:10

You can use the glob and fileinput together

import fileinput
from glob import glob

file = glob('Sample*.txt')
for line in fileinput.input(file):
    pass

If you want to iterate multiple files then use :

for x in fileinput.input(['patterns.in', 'sample*.txt']):
    print x

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