import os import csv basedir = "COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports_us" headers = [] for fname in os.listdir(basedir): fpath = os.path.join(basedir, fname) with open(fpath) as f: c = csv.reader(f) for row in c: headers.append(set(row)) break for headerset in headers: for other in headers: if headerset != other: print(headerset) print(other) print("ok") print(list(headers[0]))