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Java - get list of files and directories from directory
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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the list of files and directories from the directory specified by its path in Java.
Quick solution:
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// import java.io.File;2
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File directory = new File("C:\\path\\to\\directory");4
String[] names = directory.list(); // contains names of files and directories
In this example, we use java.io.File list() method to get the list of files and directories under the given path.
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import java.io.File;2
import java.io.IOException;3
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public class Program {5
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public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {7
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File directory = new File("C:\\path\\to\\directory");9
String[] names = directory.list(); // contains names of files and directories10
if (names != null) {11
for (String name : names) {12
System.out.println(name);13
}14
}15
}16
}
