list all txt files in a directory python code example

Example 1: how to search for a specific file extension with python

import glob, os
os.chdir("/mydir")
for file in glob.glob("*.txt"):
    print(file)

Example 2: python read all text files in directory

import os
from re import search

arr = os.listdir()
strtxt = ".txt"
for txtfile in arr:
    if txtfile.__contains__(strtxt):
        fileObject = open(txtfile, "r")
        data = fileObject.read()
        print(data)

Example 3: python search all txts in a folder

index_file =  open('index.txt', 'r')
    for line in index_file:
       ....