How can I list the contents of a directory in Python?

Question

Can’t be hard, but I’m having a mental block.

Answer 1

glob.glob or os.listdir

Answer 2

import os
os.listdir("path") # returns list

Answer 3

os module handles all that stuff.

Answer 4

One way:

import os
os.listdir("/home/username/www/")

Another way:

glob.glob("/home/username/www/*")

Examples found here.

The glob.glob method above will not list hidden files.

Answer 5

os.walk can be used if you need recursion:

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