[clug] Python Golf time

[Peter Barker]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Peter Barker wrote:

>> Shortest way to find the first file in a directory tree.
> filter(lambda x : x.endswith('.txt'), os.listdir("/tmp"))[0]
>> (the above of course only deals with one directory level)
> As does mine.

... this one does trees:

winner = (filter(lambda j : j.endswith(".TXT"), [ os.path.join(x[0],z) for 
z in  x[2] for x in os.walk("/tmp") ]))[0]

'though, frankly, I think we all lose with that.

>> a

yours,
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