Python, how to list files and folders in a directory
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To list files in a directory, you can use the listdir()
method that is provided by the os
built-in module:
import os
dirname = '/users/Flavio/dev'
files = os.listdir(dirname)
print(files)
To get the full path to a file you can join the path of the folder with the filename, using the os.path.join()
method:
import os
dirname = '/users/Flavio/dev'
files = os.listdir(dirname)
temp = map(lambda name: os.path.join(dirname, name), files)
print(list(temp))
To list only the files, or only the directories, you can use os.path.isfile()
and os.path.isdir()
:
import os
dirname = '/users/Flavio/dev'
dirfiles = os.listdir(dirname)
fullpaths = map(lambda name: os.path.join(dirname, name), dirfiles)
dirs = []
files = []
for file in fullpaths:
if os.path.isdir(file): dirs.append(file)
if os.path.isfile(file): files.append(file)
print(list(dirs))
print(list(files))
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