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Behseini
Behseini

Reputation: 6320

Retrieving Only File Name from a Directory

Using Directory class library I am trying to retrieve all files Name existing in a Folder as below:

 private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
        string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"d:\Images\", "*.png");
        foreach (string img in filePaths)
        {
          listBox1.Items.Add(img.ToString());
        }
    }

As you know this method returns Full path and name of the file but I need to get ONLY the name of files.Is it possible to do this in Directory Class? Do I have to use the Path class for this? if yes, how I can assign a path to a variable without file name? Thanks,

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2101

Answers (6)

Rashid
Rashid

Reputation: 1

string aPath= @"course\train\yes\";
var fileNames=Directory.GetFiles(aPath).Select(name=>Path.GetFileName(name)).ToArray();

Upvotes: 0

Mike Perrenoud
Mike Perrenoud

Reputation: 67898

Try this:

using System.IO;

...

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
    string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"d:\Images\", "*.png"); 
    foreach (string img in filePaths) 
    { 
        listBox1.Items.Add(Path.GetFileName(img)); 
    } 
}

Upvotes: 2

Aghilas Yakoub
Aghilas Yakoub

Reputation: 28970

you can use Path.GetFileName method

var file = Path.GetFileName(img);

Upvotes: 2

Anton Baksheiev
Anton Baksheiev

Reputation: 2251

From MSDN

string fileName = @"C:\mydir\myfile.ext";
string path = @"C:\mydir\";
string result;

result = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", 
    fileName, result);

result = Path.GetFileName(path);
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", 
    path, result);

// This code produces output similar to the following: 
// 
// GetFileName('C:\mydir\myfile.ext') returns 'myfile.ext' 
// GetFileName('C:\mydir\') returns ''

Upvotes: 0

Bobson
Bobson

Reputation: 13696

Use DirectoryInfo instead of Directory. It returns a FileInfo which you can get the Name property of.

 private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
    var filePaths = new DirectoryInfo.GetFiles(@"d:\Images\", "*.png").Select(x => x.Name);
    foreach (string img in filePaths)
    {
      listBox1.Items.Add(img.ToString());
    }
 }

Upvotes: 0

Robert H
Robert H

Reputation: 11730

You can use

var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(path,searchpattern);

var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(@"C:\Users\roberth\Programming_Projects\Common\UI\bin\Debug\",
                                                 "*.xml");
            var filename = new List<string>();
            Console.WriteLine("Parsing Files...");
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                filename.Add(file);
                Console.WriteLine("Parsing file: " + file);
                ....

Upvotes: 0

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