Get only file names from a folder C#

Question

Hi everyone,
I would like to get all files inside a specific folder. The method: Directory.GetFiles() returns the whole path, but I only want to get the file names.
Alternatively I could use a way to split the file name from the path. But I don't know how to do that either.
So if you could help me, I would really appreciate that.

Answer 1

You can try and use this: string name = Path.GetFileName(filename);

Answer 2

oh, right.. so you know the folder name?

Answer 3

split them by the separator \\ or \ or / then get the last index.
filename = wholepath.split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString()).Last()

Answer 4

The problem is, I don't know the filenames.

Answer 5

Yes, I know the complete path. Only the files inside the folder are unknown.

Answer 6

thank you Taste! @Tim

Answer 7

@Taste Once again, thank you very much for your support. Unfortunately it didn't work. It tells me that conversion from string to char isn't possible.