In Python, fastest way to build a list of files in a directory with a certain extension

Question

In Python on a GNU/Linux system, what\'s the fastest way to recursively scan a directory for all .MOV or .AVI files, and to store them in a list? <

Answer 1

Example for a list of files in current directory. You can expand this for specific paths.

import glob
movlist = glob.glob('*.mov')