python load all files 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: list files in directory python

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

Example 3: get files in directory python

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

Example 4: python dir all files

import os

for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
    for filename in files:
        print(filename)