Directory listing in Python

Question

How do I get a list of all files (and directories) in a given directory in Python?

Answer 1

You can use os.listdir(path). See more os functions here: http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html

Answer 2

import os



for filename in os.listdir("C:\\temp"):
    print  filename

Answer 3

Try this:

import os
for top, dirs, files in os.walk('./'):
    for nm in files:       
        print os.path.join(top, nm)

Answer 4

This is a way to traverse every file and directory in a directory tree:

import os

for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('.'):
    for subdirname in dirnames:
        print os.path.join(dirname, subdirname)
    for filename in filenames:
        print os.path.join(dirname, filename)

Answer 5

Here's a helper function I use quite often:

import os

def listdir_fullpath(d):
    return [os.path.join(d, f) for f in os.listdir(d)]