# How to get the names of all the files in a folder in Node

> Learn how to list all the files and folders inside a directory in Node.js using fs.readdirSync, then inspect each one with lstatSync and isDirectory().

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2020-04-14 | Topics: [Node.js](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/node/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/how-to-get-files-names/

Here is how to list the files/folders contained in a folder in the filesystem using [Node.js](https://flaviocopes.com/nodejs/):

```js
const fs = require('fs')

const dir = '/Users/flavio/folder'
const files = fs.readdirSync(dir)

for (const file of files) {
  console.log(file)
}
```

Once you have a file reference, you can get its details using

```js
const path = require('path')

//...

//inside the `for` loop
const stat = fs.lstatSync(path.join(dir, file))
```

This is useful to distinguish files from folders, for example, using the `stat.isDirectory()` method.

> `fs` and `path` are built-in modules, no need to install them using [npm](https://flaviocopes.com/npm/)