Get all files without directories [C#]

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Hello ! I have a noobish question. I want to get all the files from a specific dieectory. The only way i know doing this.. is by this following line of code:

C#

string[] GetFiles = Directory.GetFiles(DirectoryPath);

The problem with GetFiles method is... that i am getting the subdirectories too. Is there a way of getting only the files(for example txt, bmp, ico, launch, cp and e.t.c) ? Thanks !

What I have tried:

I have tried method GetFiles:

string[] GetFiles = Directory.GetFiles(DirectoryPath);

The problem is that it gets the folder too.

Posted 9-Sep-16 4:20am

xXxRevolutionxXx

Updated 9-Sep-16 4:34am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2016-09-09T04:28:00

Solution 1

Directory.GetFiles()[^] accepts SearchOption[^]. Use TopDirectoryOnly only as a third parameter to that method.

Example:

C#

string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);

var result = files.Select(a=>Path.GetFileName(a));

Returns:

file1.xlsx
file2.bmp
file3.docx

Posted 9-Sep-16 4:28am

Maciej Los

Updated 9-Sep-16 4:39am

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xXxRevolutionxXx 9-Sep-16 11:05am

I want to get all files from all directories.... the SearchOption.AllDirectories is the only way to achieve this.. so SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly is not an option for me :(

Maciej Los 9-Sep-16 11:08am

Really??? Who's wrote that?

 I want to get all the files from a specific dieectory.
...
The problem is that it gets the folder too.

There's no problem to change SearchOption parameter.

NaibedyaKar · Answer 2 · 2016-09-09T04:34:00

Solution 2

You should try below

C#

var fileList= Directory
                .GetFiles("Your directory path", "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
                .Select(Path.GetFileName);

I am sure, you know how to get the individual file names from the fileList object.

Posted 9-Sep-16 4:34am

NaibedyaKar