A Python script to generate Obsidian vault stats

vault_stats.py

# Huge thanks to Rythm for the original code
# that I adapted for this script
# Source: https://j.mp/2UPeDJh

import os.path
import datetime

FILE_PATH = "/path/to/vault/directory/"
TODAY = datetime.datetime.today()
LAST_UPDATE = "{:%A %d %B, %Y at %H:%M}".format(TODAY)


def thousands(big_number):
    """Reformat big numbers with thousands separators"""
    rf_number = "{:,}".format(big_number)
    return rf_number


markdownFiles = []
all_files = []
words = 0

for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(FILE_PATH):
    for filename in [f for f in filenames if f.endswith(".md")]:
        markdownFiles.append(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))

# This is probably unnecessary duplication
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(FILE_PATH):
    for filename in [af for af in filenames]:
        all_files.append(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))

for file in markdownFiles:
    with open(file, "r") as f:
        words += len(f.read().split())


with open(FILE_PATH + "./_vault stats.md", "w") as f:
    f.write(
        f"""# Vault Statistics

This vault currently contains **{thousands(words)}** words in **{thousands(len(markdownFiles))}** Markdown files.

The vault contains **{thousands(len(all_files))}** files, in total.

_Last updated on **{LAST_UPDATE}**_
    """
    )

print(str(f"{words:,}"))