get list of filenames in directory python code example

Example 1: python list files in current directory

import os

files = os.listdir('.')
print(files)
for file in files:
  # do something

Example 2: get files in directory python

import os
files_and_directories = os.listdir("path/to/directory")

Example 3: python list all files in directory

from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
onlyfiles = [f for f in listdir(mypath) if isfile(join(mypath, f))]

Example 4: python list all files in directory

import os
 arr = os.listdir()
 print(arr)
 
 >>> ['$RECYCLE.BIN', 'work.txt', '3ebooks.txt', 'documents']