python get all documents in directory code example

Example 1: python read a directory to get all files in sub folders

import os

path ="C:/workspace/python"
#we shall store all the file names in this list
filelist = []

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
	for file in files:
        #append the file name to the list
		filelist.append(os.path.join(root,file))

#print all the file names
for name in filelist:
    print(name)

Example 2: python list all files in directory

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