>>> from pathlib import Path
>>>
>>> _dir = Path.cwd()
>>>
>>> files = _dir.glob('*.txt')
>>>
>>> type(files)
<class 'generator'>
Here, files
is a generator
, which can be read only once and then get exhausted. So, when you will try to read it second time, you won’t have it.
>>> for i in files:
... print(i)
...
/home/ahsanul/test/hello1.txt
/home/ahsanul/test/hello2.txt
/home/ahsanul/test/hello3.txt
/home/ahsanul/test/b.txt
>>> # let's loop though for the 2nd time
...
>>> for i in files:
... print(i)
...
>>>