Get absolute paths of all files in a directory

Question

How do I get the absolute paths of all the files in a directory that could have many sub-folders in Python?

I know os.walk() recursively gives me a list

Answer 1

os.path.abspath makes sure a path is absolute. Use the following helper function:

import os

def absoluteFilePaths(directory):
   for dirpath,_,filenames in os.walk(directory):
       for f in filenames:
           yield os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath, f))