python list directory contents code example

Example 1: python list files in current directory

import os

files = os.listdir('.')
print(files)
for file in files:
  # do something

Example 2: get list of folders in directory python

import os 
my_list = os.listdir('My_directory')

Example 3: list files in directory python

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

Example 4: get file names in folder python

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

Example 5: os list all files in one dir

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

Example 6: list files python

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