Loop throrough directories and subdirectories to access every file

nested_directories.py

import os

base_path = '.'
directories = os.listdir(base_path + '/')
# directory outer loop
for directory in directories[:3]: # delete the index (square brackets and contents) to do all
    if directory =='xml_jsonl_converter-master': # skip this directory, which doesn't have files to be processed
        continue
    if os.path.isdir(base_path + '/' + directory):
        print(directory)
        try:
            subdirectories = os.listdir(base_path + '/' + directory)

            # subdirectory middle loop
            for subdirectory in subdirectories[:3]: # delete the index (square brackets and contents) to do all
                if os.path.isdir(base_path + '/' + directory + '/' + subdirectory):
                    print('\t', subdirectory)
                    try:
                        files = os.listdir(base_path + '/' + directory + '/' + subdirectory)

                        # file inner loop
                        for file in files[:3]: # delete the index (square brackets and contents) to do all
                            try:
                                if os.path.isfile(base_path + '/' + directory + '/' + subdirectory + '/' + file):

                                    # *************** Begin insert code
                                    # Get the timestamp for the file
                                    full_path = base_path + '/' + directory + '/' + subdirectory + '/' + file
                                    print('\t\t', file)
                                    # *************** End insert code
                            except:
                                pass # skip if access is denied
                        print()
                    except:
                        pass # skip directories where access is denied
            print()
        except:
            pass