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>>> for path in Path('/opt/documents/').rglob('*.doc'):
        print(path)
/opt/documents/tips/tip1.doc
/opt/documents/tips/tip2.doc
/opt/documents/tips/tip3.doc
/opt/documents/articles/common-pathlib-patterns.doc
/opt/documents/news/whats-new-python-3-10.doc
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Python Pathlib Tips: Recursively listing files and directories

Recursively listing files and directories – with wildcards – is trivial with the pathlib Path class and much easier than using scandir() in the os module. The rglob method returns a generator so you can consume a single match at a time.

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