Iterating all files in a directory

andy andy at eastonwest.co.uk
Sun Jan 26 07:57:10 EST 2003


On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 1:20 am, Mongryong wrote:
> How can iterate through all the files in a directory?
>
> ie. obtain a list of all the file's name
>
> Thanks.


import os

for file in os.listdir("./"):
    print file


Have a good look at the os module and its submodule path.  Note that 
os.listdir() returns a complete list of the files in the subdirectory, and 
that no file specification is necessary, or allowed.  Be aware that there may 
be issues with the handling of unicode characters in filenames.

hope this helps
-andyj






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