{"id":9837,"date":"2024-03-14T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-retrieve-all-file-names-in-a-folder-using-java\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:27:45","slug":"how-to-retrieve-all-file-names-in-a-folder-using-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-retrieve-all-file-names-in-a-folder-using-java\/","title":{"rendered":"How to retrieve all file names in a folder using Java?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To retrieve all file names within a folder, Java&#8217;s File class can be used to achieve this. Below is a simple example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.File;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Main<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-type\">File<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">folder<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">File<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/path\/to\/folder\"<\/span>);\r\n        File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (listOfFiles != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">null<\/span>) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (File file : listOfFiles) {\r\n                <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (file.isFile()) {\r\n                    System.out.println(file.getName());\r\n                }\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, a File object is first created to represent the path of a specified folder. 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