{"id":17766,"date":"2024-03-15T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-one-retrieve-all-filenames-under-a-folder-in-lua\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:41:34","slug":"how-can-one-retrieve-all-filenames-under-a-folder-in-lua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-one-retrieve-all-filenames-under-a-folder-in-lua\/","title":{"rendered":"How can one retrieve all filenames under a folder in Lua?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the lfs library in Lua to get all the file names in a folder. First, make sure the lfs library is installed. Then, you can use the following code to get all the file names in the folder:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>lfs = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">require<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"lfs\"<\/span>)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">getFiles<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(path)<\/span><\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">local<\/span> files = {}\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> lfs.dir(<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">path<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">do<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> file ~= <span class=\"hljs-string\">\".\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">and<\/span> file ~= <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"..\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">then<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">local<\/span> filePath = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">path<\/span> .. <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/\"<\/span> .. file\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">local<\/span> attr = lfs.attributes(filePath)\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> attr.mode == <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"file\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">then<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">table<\/span>.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">insert<\/span>(files, file)\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">end<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">end<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">end<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> files\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">local<\/span> files = getFiles(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\u8def\u5f84\"<\/span>)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> _, file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">ipairs<\/span>(files) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">do<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(file)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">end<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please make sure to replace &#8220;folder path&#8221; with the folder path that you want to retrieve the file names from. 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