How to get the names of all the files in a folder in Node
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Here is how to list the files/folders contained in a folder in the filesystem using Node.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
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
andpath
are built-in modules, no need to install them using npm
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