Python pathlib: How to get the files and directories in the current directory in Python

How to get all the items of the current directory in Python:

from pathlib import Path

# current file
file = Path(__file__)
print(file)  # /Users/serif/python/test/main.py
print(type(file))  # <class 'pathlib.PosixPath'>

# current directory
parent = Path(__file__).parent
print(parent)  # /Users/serif/python/test

# items in parent
items = parent.iterdir()

for item in items:
    print(item)

# /Users/serif/python/test/util
# /Users/serif/python/test/game.py
# /Users/serif/python/test/__pycache__
# /Users/serif/python/test/main.py
# /Users/serif/python/test/.idea

First, import Path from pathlib and get the PosixPath object of the current directory. __file__ is the current file path.

The iterdir() returns the items in a directory. Each is actually a PosixPath object representing the path of a file or directory.

Get only directories in the current directory

from pathlib import Path

parent = Path(__file__).parent
items = parent.iterdir()

for item in items:
    if item.is_dir():
        print(item.as_posix())

# /Users/serif/python/test/util
# /Users/serif/python/test/__pycache__
# /Users/serif/python/test/.idea

The is_dir() checks if the path is a directory.

Get only files in the current directory

from pathlib import Path

parent = Path(__file__).parent
items = parent.iterdir()

for item in items:
    if item.is_file():
        print(item.as_posix())

# /Users/serif/python/test/game.py
# /Users/serif/python/test/main.py

The is_file() checks if the path is a file.

Absolute path

from pathlib import Path

p = Path(__file__)

p1 = p.as_posix()
p2 = p.absolute()

print(p1)  # /Users/serif/python/test/main.py
print(p2)  # /Users/serif/python/test/main.py

The as_posix() and absolute() returns the absolute path.