Sometimes, we want to list all files of a directory with Python.

In this article, we’ll look at how to list all files of a directory with Python.

How to list all files of a directory with Python?

To list all files of a directory with Python, we can use the os.walk method.

For instance, we write:

from os import walk

f = []
for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in walk('./'):
    f.extend(filenames)

print(f)

We use the walk method with the root path to list everything from the root path and down.

dirpath is the directory path.

dirname is an array of directory names.

filenames is an array of file names.

We use f.extend to put the filenames entries into f.

Conclusion

To list all files of a directory with Python, we can use the os.walk method.