You can list all files in the current directory using:
import os
for filename in os.listdir(os.getcwd()):
# do your stuff
Or you can list only some files, depending on the file pattern using the glob module:
import glob
for filename in glob.glob('*.txt'):
# do your stuff
It doesn’t have to be the current directory you can list them in any path you want:
path = '/some/path/to/file'
for filename in os.listdir(path):
# do your stuff
for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*.txt')):
# do your stuff
Or you can even use the pipe as you specified using fileinput
import fileinput
for line in fileinput.input():
# do your stuff
And then use it with piping:
ls -1 | python parse.py