How to read multiple txt files from one folder

Question

Is there any method in any python library where I can read multiple txt files from one folder. I have the following code:

path = '/home/paste/archives'

files = filter(isfile, glob.glob('%s/*'%path))
for names in files:
    try:
        with open(names) as f:
            print (names)
    except IOError as exc:
        if exc.errno != errno.EISDIR:
            raise

But the code reads all files from the "archives" folder. I would like to read only .txt files. How do I do?

Does this answer your question? [Find all files in a directory with extension .txt in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3964681/find-all-files-in-a-directory-with-extension-txt-in-python) — Brydenr, Dec 06 '19 at 22:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '19 at 22:36

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You can limit the glob search with

files = filter(isfile, glob.glob('%s/*.txt' % path))

answered Dec 06 '19 at 22:36

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 22:45

With the following snippet, you get all of the files and directories in a given directory and selects only those which have .txt extension:

files = [file for file in os.listdir(path) if file.endswith('.txt')]

Consider my answer if you have a lot of files in one folder (and no subdirectories where you want to get .txt files from) as it is faster.

How to read multiple txt files from one folder

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