Path.glob() lists the files that match a pattern. "*" matches everything.
python
from pathlib import Path # Make a folder with a few files in it. folder = Path("exports") folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True) for name in ["march.csv", "april.csv", "notes.txt"]: (folder / name).write_text("data\n", encoding="utf-8") for path in sorted(folder.glob("*.csv")): print(path.name)
output
april.csv march.csv
sorted() matters. The operating system returns files in whatever order suits it, and that order differs between Windows, macOS and Linux.
Everything in the folder, files only
iterdir() returns everything, subfolders included. Filter with is_file():
python
from pathlib import Path folder = Path("inbox") (folder / "old").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # a subfolder, to be left out for name in ["march.csv", "notes.txt"]: (folder / name).write_text("data\n", encoding="utf-8") files = sorted(p.name for p in folder.iterdir() if p.is_file()) print(files)
output
['march.csv', 'notes.txt']
Into subfolders too
rglob() is glob() that goes all the way down:
python
from pathlib import Path for name in ["2025/jan.csv", "2025/feb.csv", "2026/jan.csv", "readme.txt"]: path = Path("archive") / name path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) path.write_text("data\n", encoding="utf-8") for path in sorted(Path("archive").rglob("*.csv")): print(path.as_posix())
output
archive/2025/feb.csv archive/2025/jan.csv archive/2026/jan.csv
as_posix() prints forward slashes on every system; on Windows a plain print(path) shows backslashes.
You will see os.listdir() in older answers. It still works, but it returns bare names that you then have to join back onto the folder yourself. pathlib returns paths you can open directly.