Find all files in a directory with extension .txt in Python

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00:00 Find All Files In A Directory With Extension .Txt In Python
00:16 Accepted Answer Score 3155
00:47 Answer 2 Score 365
01:01 Answer 3 Score 224
01:50 Answer 4 Score 223
02:04 Answer 5 Score 163
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 3174

You can use glob:

import glob, os
os.chdir("/mydir")
for file in glob.glob("*.txt"):
    print(file)

or simply os.listdir:

import os
for file in os.listdir("/mydir"):
    if file.endswith(".txt"):
        print(os.path.join("/mydir", file))

or if you want to traverse directory, use os.walk:

import os
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("/mydir"):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith(".txt"):
             print(os.path.join(root, file))

ANSWER 2

Score 368

Use glob.

>>> import glob
>>> glob.glob('./*.txt')
['./outline.txt', './pip-log.txt', './test.txt', './testingvim.txt']

ANSWER 3

Score 224

Something like that should do the job

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith('.txt'):
            print(file)

ANSWER 4

Score 163

Something like this will work:

>>> import os
>>> path = '/usr/share/cups/charmaps'
>>> text_files = [f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('.txt')]
>>> text_files
['euc-cn.txt', 'euc-jp.txt', 'euc-kr.txt', 'euc-tw.txt', ... 'windows-950.txt']