ListFiles (arcpy)

Summary

Returns a list of files in the current workspace based on a query string. Specifying search conditions can be used to limit the results.

Discussion

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

Syntax

ListFiles ({wild_card})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
wild_card	The wild_card limits the results returned. If no wild_card is specified, all values are returned.	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.CopyRows_management(csv_file, dbase_file)