{"id":11438,"date":"2024-03-14T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-loop-through-folders-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:55:03","slug":"how-can-we-loop-through-folders-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-loop-through-folders-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Loop Through Folders: os.walk Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the os module to loop through folders. Below is an example code that demonstrates how to loop through all files and subfolders in a folder.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> os\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6307\u5b9a\u8981\u904d\u5386\u7684\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\u8def\u5f84<\/span>\r\nfolder_path = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'path_to_folder'<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u904d\u5386\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\u4e2d\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6587\u4ef6\u548c\u5b50\u6587\u4ef6\u5939<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> root, dirs, files <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> os.walk(folder_path):\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> files:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5370\u6587\u4ef6\u8def\u5f84<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(os.path.join(root, file))\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, the os.walk() method recursively traverses all files and subfolders in the specified path and returns three values: the current folder path, a list of subfolders in the current folder, and a list of files in the current folder. 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