{"id":107112,"date":"2020-10-11T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.javacodegeeks.com\/?p=107112"},"modified":"2020-10-08T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:18:48","slug":"python-list-files-in-directory-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.javacodegeeks.com\/python-list-files-in-directory-example.html","title":{"rendered":"Python List files in directory Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello in this tutorial, we will understand the different ways to list the files in a directory using the python programming.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>To <em>list the files in a directory<\/em> we will use the two approaches i.e.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using <code>os<\/code> module \u2013 We will use the <code>walk<\/code> method which will generate the file names in a directory tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. Represented with the following syntax &#8211; <code>os.walk(path_name, topdown=False)<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Using <code>glob<\/code> module \u2013 This module is used to fetch the filenames or the pathnames matching a specified pattern. Follows the standard Unix path expansion rules and also support the wild card patterns to make the retrieval simpler and convenient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1.1 Setting up Python<\/h3>\n<p>If someone needs to go through the Python installation on Windows, please watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-MuSAwgwCU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a> link. You can download the Python from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a> link.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Python List files in directory Example<\/h2>\n<p>I am using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/pycharm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JetBrains PyCharm<\/a> as my preferred IDE. You are free to choose the IDE of their choice.<\/p>\n<h3>2.1 Using os and glob module<\/h3>\n<p>Let us understand this with the help of a code snippet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Using os and glob module<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_829723\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  python\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">01<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">02<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">03<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">04<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">05<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\">06<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\">07<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\">08<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\">09<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\">10<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\">12<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\">13<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\">14<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\">15<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\">16<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number17 index16 alt2\">17<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number18 index17 alt1\">18<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number19 index18 alt2\">19<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number20 index19 alt1\">20<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number21 index20 alt2\">21<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number22 index21 alt1\">22<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number23 index22 alt2\">23<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number24 index23 alt1\">24<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number25 index24 alt2\">25<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number26 index25 alt1\">26<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number27 index26 alt2\">27<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number28 index27 alt1\">28<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number29 index28 alt2\">29<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number30 index29 alt1\">30<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number31 index30 alt2\">31<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number32 index31 alt1\">32<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number33 index32 alt2\">33<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number34 index33 alt1\">34<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number35 index34 alt2\">35<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number36 index35 alt1\">36<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"python comments\"># JCG assignment - Python list files in directory example<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"python keyword\">import<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">glob<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"python keyword\">import<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">os<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\"><code class=\"python comments\"># approach1<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\"><code class=\"python comments\"># The os module provides a function that gets a list of files or folders in a directory<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\"><code class=\"python comments\"># '.' signifies the current folder<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\"><code class=\"python comments\"># walk(....) method generates the file names in a directory tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\"><code class=\"python keyword\">def<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">os_module():<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">for<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">root, dirs, files <\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">in<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">os.walk(<\/code><code class=\"python string\">'.'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">, topdown<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">=<\/code><code class=\"python color1\">False<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">):<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">for<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">filename <\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">in<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">files:<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python functions\">print<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">(filename)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number17 index16 alt2\"><code class=\"python comments\"># approach2<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number18 index17 alt1\"><code class=\"python comments\"># The glob module also makes it possible to get a list of files or folders in a directory<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number19 index18 alt2\"><code class=\"python comments\"># **\/*.* - will support the recursive globs (where *.* denotes all files with all extensions)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number20 index19 alt1\"><code class=\"python keyword\">def<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">glob_module():<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number21 index20 alt2\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">for<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">file_name <\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">in<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">glob.iglob(<\/code><code class=\"python string\">'**\/*.*'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">, recursive<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">=<\/code><code class=\"python color1\">True<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">):<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number22 index21 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python functions\">print<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">(file_name)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number23 index22 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number24 index23 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number25 index24 alt2\"><code class=\"python keyword\">def<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">main():<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number26 index25 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python functions\">print<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">(<\/code><code class=\"python string\">'\\n . . . . Using the os module to list the files . . . . \\n'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number27 index26 alt2\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">os_module()<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number28 index27 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number29 index28 alt2\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python functions\">print<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">(<\/code><code class=\"python string\">'\\n . . . . Using the glob module to list the files . . . . \\n'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">)<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number30 index29 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">glob_module()<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number31 index30 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number32 index31 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number33 index32 alt2\"><code class=\"python keyword\">if<\/code> <code class=\"python plain\">__name__ <\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">=<\/code><code class=\"python keyword\">=<\/code> <code class=\"python string\">'__main__'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">:<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number34 index33 alt1\"><code class=\"python spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">main()<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number35 index34 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number36 index35 alt1\"><code class=\"python functions\">print<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">(<\/code><code class=\"python string\">'\\nDone'<\/code><code class=\"python plain\">)<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If everything goes well the following output will be shown in the IDE console.<div style=\"display:inline-block; margin: 15px 0;\"> <div id=\"adngin-JavaCodeGeeks_incontent_video-0\" style=\"display:inline-block;\"><\/div> <\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Console Output<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_413840\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  plain\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">01<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">02<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">03<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">04<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">05<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\">06<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\">07<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\">08<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\">09<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\">10<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\">12<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\">13<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\">14<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\">15<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\">16<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number17 index16 alt2\">17<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number18 index17 alt1\">18<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number19 index18 alt2\">19<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number20 index19 alt1\">20<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number21 index20 alt2\">21<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number22 index21 alt1\">22<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number23 index22 alt2\">23<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number24 index23 alt1\">24<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number25 index24 alt2\">25<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number26 index25 alt1\">26<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number27 index26 alt2\">27<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number28 index27 alt1\">28<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number29 index28 alt2\">29<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number30 index29 alt1\">30<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number31 index30 alt2\">31<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number32 index31 alt1\">32<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number33 index32 alt2\">33<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number34 index33 alt1\">34<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number35 index34 alt2\">35<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number36 index35 alt1\">36<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number37 index36 alt2\">37<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number38 index37 alt1\">38<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number39 index38 alt2\">39<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number40 index39 alt1\">40<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number41 index40 alt2\">41<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number42 index41 alt1\">42<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">. . . . Using the os module to list the files . . . . <\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">create_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">delete_all_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">delete_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">get_all_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number7 index6 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">get_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number8 index7 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">songs.json<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number9 index8 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">update_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number10 index9 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">AddValues.cpython-38.pyc<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number11 index10 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">AddValues.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number12 index11 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">Sum.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number13 index12 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">MainFunction1.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number14 index13 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">MainFunction2.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number15 index14 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-key.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number16 index15 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-list-files-in-a-directoy.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number17 index16 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-list.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number18 index17 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-python-remove-character-from-string.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number19 index18 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-set.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number20 index19 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-zip.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number21 index20 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number22 index21 alt1\"><code class=\"plain spaces\">&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"plain plain\">. . . . Using the glob module to list the files . . . . <\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number23 index22 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number24 index23 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-key.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number25 index24 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-list-files-in-a-directoy.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number26 index25 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-list.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number27 index26 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-python-remove-character-from-string.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number28 index27 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-set.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number29 index28 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">jcg-assignment-zip.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number30 index29 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\create_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number31 index30 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\delete_all_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number32 index31 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\delete_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number33 index32 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\get_all_items.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number34 index33 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\get_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number35 index34 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\songs.json<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number36 index35 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">aws-boto3-assignments\\dynamodb\\update_item.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number37 index36 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">main-function-assignment\\MainFunction1.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number38 index37 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">main-function-assignment\\MainFunction2.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number39 index38 alt2\"><code class=\"plain plain\">main-function-assignment\\sum\\AddValues.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number40 index39 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">main-function-assignment\\sum\\Sum.py<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number41 index40 alt2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number42 index41 alt1\"><code class=\"plain plain\">Done<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is all for this tutorial and I hope the article served you with whatever you were looking for. Happy Learning and do not forget to share!<\/p>\n<h2>3. Summary<\/h2>\n<p>In this tutorial, we learned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An introduction to <code>os<\/code> and <code>glob<\/code> modules in the python programming to list the files in the directory<\/li>\n<li>Sample program to understand the <code>os<\/code> and <code>glob<\/code> modules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can download the source code of this tutorial from the <a href=\"#projectDownload\">Downloads<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"projectDownload\"><\/a>4. 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