ListFiles

Summary

Returns a list of files in the current workspace.

Discussion

The workspace environment must be set before using several of the list functions, including ListDatasets, ListFeatureClasses, ListFiles, ListRasters, ListTables, and ListWorkspaces.

Syntax

ListFiles({wild_card})

Parameter Explanation Data Type

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
wild_card	Limits the results returned. If a value is not specified, all values are returned. The wildcard is not case sensitive. Use an asterisk () to represent zero or more characters. For example, `Te` finds `Tennessee` and `Texas`.	String

wild_card

Limits the results returned. If a value is not specified, all values are returned. The wildcard is not case sensitive.

Use an asterisk (*) to represent zero or more characters. For example, Te* finds Tennessee and Texas.

String

Return value

Data Type	Explanation
String	A list of files.

Code sample

ListFiles example

Copy a list of CSV files to dBASE format.

import os
import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/temp"

# Copy each file with a .csv extension to a dBASE file
for csv_file in arcpy.ListFiles("*.csv"):
    # Use splitext to set the output table name
    dbase_file = os.path.splitext(csv_file)[0] + ".dbf"
    arcpy.management.CopyRows(csv_file, dbase_file)