python list directory files

1import os
2
3files = os.listdir('.')
4print(files)
5for file in files:
6  # do something
7  

1>>> [ name for name in os.listdir(thedir) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(thedir, name)) ]
2['ctypes', 'distutils', 'encodings', 'lib-tk', 'config', 'idlelib', 'xml', 'bsddb', 'hotshot', 'logging', 'doc', 'test', 'compiler', 'curses', 'site-packages', 'email', 'sqlite3', 'lib-dynload', 'wsgiref', 'plat-linux2', 'plat-mac']

1import os
2
3def get_filepaths(directory):
4    """
5    This function will generate the file names in a directory 
6    tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each 
7    directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself), 
8    it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).
9    """
10    file_paths = []  # List which will store all of the full filepaths.
11
12    # Walk the tree.
13    for root, directories, files in os.walk(directory):
14        for filename in files:
15            # Join the two strings in order to form the full filepath.
16            filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
17            file_paths.append(filepath)  # Add it to the list.
18
19    return file_paths  # Self-explanatory.
20
21# Run the above function and store its results in a variable.   
22full_file_paths = get_filepaths("/Users/johnny/Desktop/TEST")

1Python By Charming Caribou on Mar 26 2020
2import os
3
4def get_filepaths(directory):
5    """
6    This function will generate the file names in a directory 
7    tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each 
8    directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself), 
9    it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).
10    """
11    file_paths = []  # List which will store all of the full filepaths.
12
13    # Walk the tree.
14    for root, directories, files in os.walk(directory):
15        for filename in files:
16            # Join the two strings in order to form the full filepath.
17            filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
18            file_paths.append(filepath)  # Add it to the list.
19
20    return file_paths  # Self-explanatory.
21
22# Run the above function and store its results in a variable.   
23full_file_paths = get_filepaths("/Users/johnny/Desktop/TEST")

1import glob
2files=glob.glob(given_path)

1from os import listdir
2
3## Prints the current directory as a list (including file types)
4print(os.listdir())
5