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How to read all CSV files in a folder in Pandas?

In this article, we will see how to read all CSV files in a folder into single Pandas dataframe. The task can be performed by first finding all CSV files in a particular folderĀ using glob() method and then reading the file by using pandas.read_csv() method and then displaying the content.

Approach:

  1. Import necessary python packages like pandas, glob, and os.
  2. Use glob python package to retrieve files/pathnames matching a specified pattern i.e. ā€˜.csv’
  3. Loop over the list of csv files, read that file using pandas.read_csv().
  4. Convert each csv file into a dataframe.
  5. Display its location, name, and content.

Below is the implementation.

Python3




# import necessary libraries
import pandas as pd
import os
import glob
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# use glob to get all the csv filesĀ 
# in the folder
path = os.getcwd()
csv_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.csv"))
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# loop over the list of csv files
for f in csv_files:
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Ā Ā Ā Ā # read the csv file
Ā Ā Ā Ā df = pd.read_csv(f)
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Ā Ā Ā Ā # print the location and filename
Ā Ā Ā Ā print('Location:', f)
Ā Ā Ā Ā print('File Name:', f.split("\\")[-1])
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Ā Ā Ā Ā # print the content
Ā Ā Ā Ā print('Content:')
Ā Ā Ā Ā display(df)
Ā Ā Ā Ā print()


Output:

Note: The program reads all CSV files in the folder in which the program itself is present.

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