best way to get files list of big directory on python?

Question

I have insane big directory. I need to get filelist via python.

In code i need to get iterator, not list. So this not work:

os.listdir
glob.glob  (uses listdir!)
os.walk

I cant find any good lib. help! Maybe c++ lib?

Answer 1

for python 2.X

import scandir
scandir.walk()

for python 3.5+

os.scandir()

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0471/

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/scandir