read name of files in directory python code example

Example 1: get files in directory python

import os
files_and_directories = os.listdir("path/to/directory")

Example 2: get name of a file in python

>>> f = open('/tmp/generic.png','r')
>>> f.name
'/tmp/generic.png'
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(f.name)
'generic.png'