list_files

list_files(path=os.getcwd(), pattern=None, recursive=False)

List all files in a directory

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
path	str	Path to the directory. Defaults to the current directory.	`os.getcwd()`
pattern	str	a pattern to be passed on to re.match to limit the files which are found	`None`
recursive	bool	Boolean, indicating to do list all files recursively to obtain files at the subdirectories	`False`

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	List[str]	a list of files

Examples

>>> from rlike import *
>>> x = list_files()
>>> x = list_files(recursive = True)
>>> x = list_files(pattern = ".py")
>>> x = list_files(pattern = ".py", recursive = True)
>>> x = list_files(tempdir(), recursive = True)