python get contents of directory code example
Example 1: get directory of file python
import os
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
Example 2: python script to read all file names in a folder
import os
def get_filepaths(directory):
"""
This function will generate the file names in a directory
tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each
directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself),
it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).
"""
file_paths = []
for root, directories, files in os.walk(directory):
for filename in files:
filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
file_paths.append(filepath)
return file_paths
full_file_paths = get_filepaths("/Users/johnny/Desktop/TEST")
Example 3: python program to print the contents of a directory using os module
import os
li = os.listdir(".")
print(li)
Example 4: list files python
import glob
my_path='/home/folder/'
files=glob.glob(my_path+'*.txt')