dirWalk.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#Author: Mike R
#walking the current working directory
import os
i=0
dash='---'
#ask user for directory or take it.

def dirWalk(thisDir, dash, i):
    i=i+1
    for item in os.listdir(thisDir):
        fullPath=os.path.join(thisDir,item)
                
        if os.path.isfile(fullPath):
            print (dash*i) + item
            print os.stat(fullPath) #get file information
        elif os.path.isdir(fullPath):
            print (dash*i) + item
            newDir=thisDir + "/" + item
            dirWalk(newDir, dash, i)
        else:
            print "unknown!"
#see if there is a way to print the directory name, not necessarily full path
directory=raw_input("What directory do you want to walk: ")
#if one wanted to get all files, then one would need to be sudo

#This would be used if one wanted to walk current directory
#curDir=os.getcwd()

dirWalk(directory, dash, i)