import glob import os all_articles = glob.glob('./articles/*.json') file_names = [os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0] for path in all_articles] _TIMES = sorted(file_names) + ['all'] times_string = "_TIMES = " + repr(_TIMES) # Write the string to a Python file with open('configs.py', 'w') as file: file.write(times_string)