How to sort files starting with _ in python -

i have files in 1 directory.

the filenames weird, of starts _, while others start alphabet.

    _weight.txt      color.txt     _height.txt 

i looking way sort alphabetically in python. know how sort alphabetically doesn't have idea files starting special characters such _.

can help?

so according replies, following code:

toolpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) directory = os.listdir(toolpath) files in directory:     if files.endswith(".html")        sorted(files, key=lambda x:x.lstrip("_").lower())        htmlfile.write('<a href='+files+'>'+files+'</a><br>\n')  

at 1 place had sort txt files, worked. while in above code still doesn't print in alphabetical order. have 1 more question, filename example color.html, code writes html filename color.html. how can write color html page rather color.html?

presuming want ignore _, can lstrip _ in key sorted/.sort remove leading underscores:

words = ["_weight.txt","color.txt","_height.txt"]  print(sorted(words, key=lambda x: x.lstrip("_"))) ['color.txt', '_height.txt', '_weight.txt'] 

not sure sorting strangely named files actual string if want find html files in directory , sort can use glob , sort list returned glob:

from glob import glob toolpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) directory = os.listdir(os.path.join(toolpath,"*.html")) directory.sort( key=lambda x: x.lstrip("_")))