python - How to check if multiple files exist in different directories -

i know how use python check see if file exists, after trying see if multiple files of same name exist throughout working directory. take instance:

gamedata/areas/  # have 2 folders in directory # testarea , homeplace   1. gamedata/areas/testarea/ 2. gamedata/areas/homeplace/ 

each folder of homeplace , testarea instance contains file called 'example'

is there pythonic way use 'os' or similiar check see if file 'example' can found in both testarea , homeplace?

although way without manually , statically using

os.path.isfile() 

because throughout life of program new directories made, , don't want go code change it.

you can check in every directory bellow gamedata/areas/: goes down 1 level, extend go down many levels want.

from os import listdir os.path import isdir, isfile, join base_path = "gamedata/areas/" files = listdir(base_path) only_directories = [path path in files if isdir(join(base_path,path))]  directory_path in only_directories:     dir_path = join(base_path, directory_path)     file_path in listdir(dir_path):         full_file_path = join(base_path, dir_path, file_path)         is_file = isfile(full_file_path)         is_example = "example" in file_path         if is_file , is_example:             print "found one!!" 

hope helps!