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")
