Python operating on files in a folder - 'for file in folder'

directory, file, memory, python

Solution

This will allow you to access and print all the file names in your current directory:

import os

for filename in os.listdir('.'):
   print filename

The os module contains much more information about the various functions available. The os.listdir() function can also take any other paths you want to specify.

Problem

I know a folder's path, and for every file in the folder I would like to do some operations. So essentially what I'm looking for is a `for file in folder` type of code that gives me access to the files in variables. What is the Python way of doing this? Thanks EDIT - example: my folder will contain a bunch of XML files, and I have a python routine already to parse them into variables I need.

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