Listing Directories

You can use list( ) method provided by File object to list down all the files and directories available in a directory as follows −

Example

import java.io.File;

public class ReadDir {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      File file = null;

      String[] paths;

      try {      

         // create new file object

         file = new File("/tmp");

         // array of files and directory

         paths = file.list();

         // for each name in the path array

         for(String path:paths) {

            // prints filename and directory name

            System.out.println(path);

         }

      }catch(Exception e) {

         // if any error occurs

         e.printStackTrace();

      }

   }

}

This will produce the following result based on the directories and files available in your /tmp directory −

Output

test1.txt

test2.txt

ReadDir.java

ReadDir.class