Recursively list all files in an Azure container using `az storage fs file list`

az-list-files.py

import json
import os
import sys
import time


def list_files(opts: str, marker: str = None) -> list:
    fpath = f"/tmp/{int(1E9 * time.monotonic())}.json"
    marker_opt = f'--marker "{marker}"' if marker else ""
    os.system(f'az storage fs file list {opts} --show-next-marker {marker_opt} > "{fpath}"')
    with open(fpath) as fd:
        data = json.load(fd)
    marker = data[-1].get("nextMarker")
    if marker:
        data += list_files(opts, marker)
    return data[:-1]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    opts = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
    print(json.dumps(list_files(opts)))