import sys, os def get_timestamp(file_name): cnt = 0; with open(file_name,"r") as f: for line in f.readlines(): line = line.strip() #print (line) if(cnt == 0): start = line[1:10]; cnt = cnt + 1 end = line[1:10]; print ("File: %s, Start %s, End %s " %(file_name, start, end)) #print(start) #print(end) def loop_over(dir): files = os.listdir(dir) for file in files: if not file.endswith('.log'): continue get_timestamp(file) def main(argv): loop_over(argv[1]) if __name__ == '__main__': main(sys.argv)