How to Get a List of All Files in a Directory With Python Quiz
Interactive Quiz ⋅ 10 Questions
By Joseph Peart
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of How to Get a List of All Files in a Directory With Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how .iterdir() hands you the contents of a single directory, how glob patterns let .glob() and .rglob() filter results by name, and how .rglob() walks an entire directory tree.
You’ll also check your understanding of filtering on attributes with comprehensions and filter(), and of skipping junk directories instead of listing every file inside them.
The quiz contains 10 questions and there is no time limit. You’ll get 1 point for each correct answer. At the end of the quiz, you’ll receive a total score. The maximum score is 100%. Good luck!
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