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list only files of a directory and ignore the subdirectories with python


I would like to list only the files of a directory and skip the subdirectories.

The current code lists also the files in the subdirectories but that's not what I want:


import os 

list_files = []    
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(input_folder):
        for filename in files:
            joined = os.path.join(input_folder, filename)
            list_files.append(joined)

The files in the directory to process look like this:

/headfolder/subfolder/subfile.pdf     #ignore this directory
/headfolder/subfolder2/subfile.pdf    #ignore this directory
/headfolder/file.pdf                  #get this path 
/headfolder/file2.pdf                 #get this path  

desired output:

['/headfolder/file.pdf','/headfolder/file2.pdf ']

Solution

  • files=[i for i in os.listdir() if os.path.isfile(i)]
    

    Edit:

    for list all files in specific direcotry

    import os
    from os import listdir
    from os.path import isfile, join
    
    input_folder = 'headfolder/'
    list_files = []
    
    files = [f for f in listdir(input_folder) if isfile(join(input_folder, f))]
    for filename in files:
        joined = os.path.join(input_folder, filename)
        list_files.append(joined)
    
    print(list_files)