Get names of all files from a folder with Ruby

You also have the shortcut option of

Dir["/path/to/search/*"]

and if you want to find all Ruby files in any folder or sub-folder:

Dir["/path/to/search/**/*.rb"]

Dir.entries(folder)

example:

Dir.entries(".")

Source: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Dir.html#method-c-entries

The following snippets exactly shows the name of the files inside a directory, skipping subdirectories and ".", ".." dotted folders:

Dir.entries("your/folder").select { |f| File.file? File.join("your/folder", f) }

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