Python: getting filename case as stored in Windows?

Question

Though Windows is case insensitive, it does preserve case in filenames. In Python, is there any way to get a filename with case as it is stored on the file system?

Answer 1

You could use:

import os
a = os.listdir('mydirpath')
b = [f.lower() for f in a]
try:
    i = b.index('texas.txt')
    print a[i]
except ValueError:
    print('File not found in this directory')

This of course assumes that your search string 'texas.txt' is in lowercase. If it isn't you'll have to convert it to lowercase first.