List the content of a folder using python

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Is it possible to output the contents of a folder in python ? If, say you had a function and you would pass the folder path to its argument? What would be the simplest way for a beginner to take?

By "simplest" I mean, without using any modules.

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Google usually leads me to stackoverflow. Plus I am not looking for generic answers. I am looking for insight based on experience and wit, which I can only find here.

`os` is default module i.e you don't need to install it manually — A l w a y s S u n n y, Nov 18 '18 at 15:30
What is a default module? One you don't have to import or one you don't have to download. Because if it's a default module as `math` is, then it's not this I am looking for. — , Nov 18 '18 at 15:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:24

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How about listdir? Let's try like this way-

import os

def ShowDirectory: 
   return os.listdir("folder/path/goes/here")

ShowDirectory()

answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:24

A l w a y s S u n n y

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:25

You could use os.listdir() to look at the contents of a directory. It takes the path as an argument, for example:

import os

directory = os.listdir('/')
for filename in directory:
  print(filename)

prints this for me:

bin
home
usr
sbin
proc
tmp
dev
media
srv
etc
lib64
mnt
boot
run
var
sys
lib
opt
root
.dockerenv
run_dir

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:26

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With function.

def ListFolder(folder):
    import os
    files = os.listdir(folder)
    print(*files,sep="\n")

answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:26

Hayat

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:24

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Please use google first next time...it seems you are looking for this:

How can I list the contents of a directory in Python?

The accepted answer there:

import os
os.listdir("path") # returns list

answered Nov 18 '18 at 15:24

NemoMeMeliorEst

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Google usually leads me to stackoverflow. Plus I am not looking for generic answers. I am looking for insight based on experience and wit, which I can only find here. – Nov 18 '18 at 15:26
which has been already answered in above link i gave you...;) Goodluck – NemoMeMeliorEst Nov 18 '18 at 18:58

List the content of a folder using python

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