PYTHON

get list of folders in directory python

import os 
my_list = os.listdir('My_directory')

list only directories

# List directories under the current working directory.
ls -l | grep "^d"

# List directories under the current working directory and 
# include hidden folders
ls -la | grep "^d"

list directory in python

from os import listdir

## Prints the current directory as a list (including file types)
print(os.listdir())

python list only files not directories

files = (file for file in os.listdir(path) 
         if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, file)))
for file in files: # You could shorten this to one line, but it runs on a bit.
    ...

python list directories only

>>> [ name for name in os.listdir(thedir) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(thedir, name)) ]
['ctypes', 'distutils', 'encodings', 'lib-tk', 'config', 'idlelib', 'xml', 'bsddb', 'hotshot', 'logging', 'doc', 'test', 'compiler', 'curses', 'site-packages', 'email', 'sqlite3', 'lib-dynload', 'wsgiref', 'plat-linux2', 'plat-mac']

find only list directories

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -iname "<regex>" -printf '%f
'

python3 list directories

import os

arr = os.listdir("c:/temp/")

print("
".join(arr))