Copy all hidden files. Because art.

Copy All Hidden Files

import os, fnmatch, shutil

'''
COPY ALL HIDDEN FILES
Jeff Thompson | 2015 | www.jeffreythompson.org

Why? Art.

'''

# where to look, where to put em
search_path = '/Users/JeffThompson/'
copy_path =   '/Users/JeffThompson/Desktop/HIDDEN/'

# get em
print 'Searching for files (may take a while)...'
hidden_files = [ os.path.join(dirpath, f)
	for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk(search_path)
	for f in fnmatch.filter(files, '.*') ]
print '- found ' + str(len(hidden_files)) + ' matching files!'

# copy em
print '\n' + 'Copying files...'
for i, f in enumerate(hidden_files):
	try:
		shutil.copy2( f, copy_path + format(i, '08') )
	except:
		pass

# done
print '\n' + 'DONE!' + '\n\n'