import os config = open('.config', 'rt') compose-path = config.readline() compose-path = compose-path[compose-path.find('=')+1:] if compose-path[-1:] != '/': compose-path += '/' exclude-containers = config.readline() exclude-containers = exclude-containers[exclude-containers.find('=')+1:].split(',') compose-paths = [compose-path + dir for dir in os.listdir(compose-path)]