fastfind

fastfind is a lightweight python library that lets you search files or directories extremely fast on Windows/Linux in your code while providing high customizability.

Installation

Use the following command to install fastfind:

pip install fastfind

Usage

Make sure to first import the library before using it in your code.

import fastfind

Then you can search for a file/folder by using:

result = fastfind.search(query="hidden_file", search_type="any", max_results=1000, timeout=5.0, roots=["C:\\Users"], all_dirs=True, max_files_per_dir=30, exact_match=True, exclude_folders=["C:\\Program_Files"], exclude_keywords=[".txt"])

[!IMPORTANT] When you want to include all subfolders of a folder in "exclude_folders" or "roots" use '/Folder/Path/.' ! When only using '/Folder/Path/' all subfolders will still be searched (exclude_folders) or won't be searched (roots):

Wildcards

In the arguments query and exclude_keywords you can choose to use the wildcards * and ?.

* : Stands for any formation of letters/numbers/symbols of any length. So query="h*e" would return house and handsome.
? : Stands for one single character of any kind (letter/number/symbol). So query = "b?ll" would return ball and bell