Java - get list of files and directories from directory

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:

// import java.io.File;

File directory = new File("C:\\path\\to\\directory");
String[] names = directory.list();  // contains names of files and directories

Practical example

In this example, we use java.io.File list() method to get the list of files and directories under the given path.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Program {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
   
        File directory = new File("C:\\path\\to\\directory");
        String[] names = directory.list();  // contains names of files and directories
        if (names != null) {
            for (String name : names) {
                System.out.println(name);
            }
        }
    }
}

References

1. File (Java Platform SE 7 ) - Java.io.File.list() Method