how to find files and skip directories in os listdir

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I have been using os.listdir and it works fine, but I get sub-directories in the list also. I don't want that as I need only files.

What function do I need to use for that ? Can anyone suggest me any other way?
Mar 6, 2019 in Python by ana1504.k
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You need to filter out directories; os.listdir() lists all names in a given path. You can use os.path.isdir() for this:

basepath = '/path/to/directory'
for fname in os.listdir(basepath):
    path = os.path.join(basepath, fname)
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        # skip directories
        continue
 

os.walk() does the same work under the hood; unless you need to recurse down subdirectories, you don't need to use os.walk() here.
answered Mar 6, 2019 by SDeb
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