import os
def fn(): # 1.Get file names from directory
file_list=os.listdir(r"C:\Users")
print (file_list)
#2.To rename files
fn()
python script to read all file names in a folder -
import os
def get_filepaths(directory):
"""
This function will generate the file names in a directory
tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each
directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself),
it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).
"""
file_paths = [] # List which will store all of the full filepaths.
# Walk the tree.
for root, directories, files in os.walk(directory):
for filename in files:
# Join the two strings in order to form the full filepath.
filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
file_paths.append(filepath) # Add it to the list.
return file_paths # Self-explanatory.
# Run the above function and store its results in a variable.
full_file_paths = get_filepaths("/Users/johnny/Desktop/TEST")