Get file names in a folder using Python

**bvdet** · Apr 9 '07, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by ShaheerAbdulrah iman

Hi All,

How can we get the file names in a folder using python?

Could you please help me....?

Thanks and Regards,
Shaheer

We did this exercise several months ago. I just happened to have the code handy! I commented out the part you may not need.

Code:

import os
def dir_list2(dir_name, *args):
    fileList = []
    for file in os.listdir(dir_name):
        dirfile = os.path.join(dir_name, file)
        if os.path.isfile(dirfile):
            if len(args) == 0:
                fileList.append(dirfile)
            else:
                if os.path.splitext(dirfile)[1][1:] in args:
                    fileList.append(dirfile)
        '''
        elif os.path.isdir(dirfile):
            print "Accessing directory:", dirfile
            fileList += dir_list2(dirfile, *args)
        '''
    return fileList

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fileList = dir_list2('path_to_directory')
    for f in fileList:
        print f

...and the simple way:

Code:

>>> import os
>>> os.listdir('path to directory')

Get file names in a folder using Python

Get file names in a folder using Python

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