Get Files from Directory using C#

Sample code to get the list of files from the source Directory. You can also add filter to search the specific file type only.

Namespace :

using System.IO;

Code:

Directory.GetFiles returns string array with files names.

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\Test\");

You can also search the files with specific pattern.

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\Test\", "*.txt");

To get the list of files from directory including the sub directories,

string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\Test\", "*.txt",SearchOption.AllDirectories);