cardinal_pythonlib.tools.list_all_file_extensions


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Command-line tool to enumerate all file extensions found within a path.

cardinal_pythonlib.tools.list_all_file_extensions.list_file_extensions(path: str, reportevery: int = 1) List[str][source]

Returns a sorted list of every file extension found in a directory and its subdirectories.

Parameters:
  • path – path to scan

  • reportevery – report directory progress after every n steps

Returns:

sorted list of every file extension found

cardinal_pythonlib.tools.list_all_file_extensions.main() None[source]

Command-line processor. See --help for details.