find a document in a list python code example

Example 1: python get list of files in path

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

Example 2: list files python

#get all .txt files in my_path
import glob
my_path='/home/folder/'
files=glob.glob(my_path+'*.txt')