find all 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 get all file names in directory

import glob
print(glob.glob("/home/adam/*.txt"))

Example 3: list files in directory python

import os
print(os.listdir('/path/to/folder/to/list'))

Example 4: python list all files in directory

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