How to get only filenames within a directory using c#?

Question

When I use the line of code as below , I get an string array containing the entire path of the individual files .

private string[] pdfFiles = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\Documents", "*.pdf"); 

I would like to know if there is a way to only retrieve the file names in the strings rather than the entire paths.

Answer 1

You can use Path.GetFileName to get the filename from the full path

private string[] pdfFiles = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\Documents", "*.pdf")                                      .Select(Path.GetFileName)                                      .ToArray(); 

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EDIT: the solution above uses LINQ, so it requires .NET 3.5 at least. Here's a solution that works on earlier versions:

private string[] pdfFiles = GetFileNames("C:\\Documents", "*.pdf");  private static string[] GetFileNames(string path, string filter) {     string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path, filter);     for(int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)         files[i] = Path.GetFileName(files[i]);     return files; } 

Answer 2

You can use the method Path.GetFileName(yourFileName); (MSDN) to just get the name of the file.