To list all the files present in the directory given by the user in python, first import os
and glob library and then use os.chdir() to get the desired directory and then use
glob.glob() to find all the files present inside that directory as shown in the program
given below:
Python Programming Code to List all Files in Directory
Following python program list all the files present in the C:/Python34
directory:
# Python Program - List All Files in Directory
import glob, os
os.chdir("C:/Python34")
for file in glob.glob("*.*"):
print(file)
Here is the sample run of the above python program to illustrate how to list and print
all the files present in any directory:
To list only textual file (all files with only .txt extension), then replace *.* with
*.txt. Here is the program to list all textual files present inside the
current directory that is C:/Python34
# Python Program - List .txt Files in Directory
import glob, os
os.chdir("C:/Python34")
for file in glob.glob("*.txt"):
print(file)
If you will run the above program, then you will see the following output:
Now let's modify the above program and allow user to enter their own required directory to
list all the files from it:
# Python Program - List .txt Files in Directory
import glob, os;
directory = input("Enter directory to list all files it contains: ");
os.chdir(directory);
for file in glob.glob("*.*"):
print(file);
Here is the initial output produced after running the above program:
Now enter any directory to list all the files present inside it say C:\TurboC4\TC\BIN and
press enter key to see all the files present inside the directory C:\TurboC4\TC\BIN as shown
in below sample run:
Here is the another remaining screenshot of the above one:
Program Video with Compile and Run
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