List SubFolders and Save them to a File

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Dears,

I want to List SubFolders in one Folder and Save the extracted list to a File ( TXT, CSV,…etc).Thx

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Hi
hope this expression would help you resolve this
–to get the sub folders in a folder
arr_folderpath = Directory.GetFiles(“yourfolderpath”,“**.*”,SearchOption.AllDirectories)
where arr_folderpath is a variable of type string array
–now use a WRITE TEXT FILE activity where mention this as input string
String.Join(Environment.Newline,arr_Folderpath)
and mention the file path of the text file

Cheers @hsendel

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is it working
kindly let know for any queries or clarification
@hsendel

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Thanks @Palaniyappan, It’s working but the output is the complete path of subfolders, I need only subfolders names. Thx

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Then use Directory.GetDirectories to retrieve all the sub folders inside

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YES I already fix this using : GetDirectories instead of GetFiles
but the output is the complete path of subfolders, I need only subfolders names. Thx

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I will try this : System.IO.Path.GetDirectories(item.tostring).split("."c)(0) using for each

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You have to do string manipulations then to get the names like

within the for loop, item.Split("\"c).Last which will give you the name

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I use this : System.IO.Path.GetFileName(item.tostring).Split(""c).ToString, not working

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yeah, if you want to use GetFileName, then you don’t need split anymore, it will give you the name of the folder @hsendel

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Hi,

In a Write text file activity this will write all the directory names alone,

string.Join(Environment.NewLine, Directory.GetDirectories(“yourDirPath”).[Select](Function(d) New DirectoryInfo(d).Name).ToList())

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@hsendel,

if this resolved, please mark it as solved from your end.

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Thanks @sarathi125, Well done :slight_smile:

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Last Question @sarathi125, Can we use this list in text file as input for “input dialogue” ?

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Just as an added note, if you only need the names this method is faster and more memory efficient: System.IO.Directory.EnumerateDirectories(“C:\StartFolder”, “*”, System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories) and you can use @sarathi125 way to clean the fullpaths

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Thanks @bcorrea, Both are solutions but I opt for @sarathi125 Solution as the problem fixed with only one command and without even declaring variables :slight_smile:

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yes, i dont mean to change the whole thing, just the method from GetDirectories to EnumerateDirectories, but it is your choice if you want to use a slower method :wink:

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Yes, you can pass this query in the “Label” property of the Input Dialogue activity, you can see the folder names in the input dialogue.

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not in label need to be pasted in “array”, I did it but it’s not working
Hers’ the error message :
Compiler error(s) encountered processing expression "string.Join(Environment.NewLine, Directory.GetDirectories(“C:\UiPath").[Select](Function(d) New DirectoryInfo(d).Name).ToList())”.
Value of type ‘String’ cannot be converted to ‘1-dimensional array of String’.

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Any fix for that ? or need to open another topic?