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+"""A simple module for creating lists of abspath of files in a directory.
+	Also creates lists by isolating the files of the required extension."""
+
+import re
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def listpaths(path):
+	"""get a list of all  files"""
+	global filedir
+	filedir=[]
+	filepath=os.listdir(path)
+	for filename in filepath:
+		filedir.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(path),filename))
+	return filedir
+
+	
+def listreq(path,ext):
+	"""this function will list all files in the specified path with the given extension"""
+	global filedir
+	filedir=[]
+	filepath=os.listdir(path)
+	for filename in filepath:
+		filedir.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(path),filename))
+	i=0
+	while i <len(filedir):
+			if filedir[i][-len(ext):]!=ext:
+				filedir.pop(i)
+			else:
+				i=i+1
+	return filedir
+