Directory-tree listing in Python

Question

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

Answer 1

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

import os  for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('.'):     # print path to all subdirectories first.     for subdirname in dirnames:         print(os.path.join(dirname, subdirname))      # print path to all filenames.     for filename in filenames:         print(os.path.join(dirname, filename))      # Advanced usage:     # editing the 'dirnames' list will stop os.walk() from recursing into there.     if '.git' in dirnames:         # don't go into any .git directories.         dirnames.remove('.git') 

Answer 2

You can use

os.listdir(path) 

For reference and more os functions look here:

• Python 2 docs: https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.listdir
• Python 3 docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.listdir