ThePython Standard Library is like a gold mine, and thepathlib module is really a gem.

pathlib provides an useful abstraction on top of different filesystems (posix and Windows).

But that's just a small part of the very friendly user experience that you can have.

# files in my folderREADME.md  example.py subfolder/README.md

We can importPath frompathlib

frompathlibimportPathpath=Path(".")# PosixPath('.')files=[fileforfileinpath.iterdir()]# [PosixPath('subfolder'), PosixPath('README.md'), PosixPath('example.py')]

Path() returns (in this case) apathlib.PosixPath object with a very handyiterdir, a useful generator for when you have a lot of files in your folder.

path.iterdir()<generatorobjectPath.iterdirat0x10aca2cf0>

Do you want to get only the files with a specific format?

md_files=[fileforfileinpath.iterdir()iffile.suffix=='.md']# [PosixPath('README.md')]

You can get a similar result usingglob

md_files=[fileforfileinpath.glob("*.md")]# [PosixPath('README.md')]

glob is quite powerful, using the** pattern you can search recursively

md_files=[fileforfileinpath.glob("**/*.md")]# [PosixPath('README.md'), PosixPath('subfolder/README.md')]

If you want to learn more about thepathlib module thePEP 428 and theofficial documentation are the right places where to start.