to get the file names in a directory (without getting path) in c#

Question

i want to store the name of all file present in c:\test\ in a string array s[]

let there are files name a1.txt , a2.txt , a3.txt ... in c:\test

i want to store in s[0]= a1.txt s[1]= a2.txt and like that

i have used the code

s = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\\test");

but it makes s[0]= c:\test\a1.txt i dont want c:\test , i only want a1.txt

so is there any method to store only the file name but not the path of the file

i would also like to know if there is any method to remove some characters from each string of a string array

like cutting 5 characters from the beginning of each string of a string array this may also solve my problem.

Answer 1

Use GetFileName to extract file name from path. Like below

string[] s = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\\test");
foreach (string filename in s)
{     
    string fname = Path.GetFileName(filename);
}

Answer 2

maybee duplicate from hare.. any way @Vasea gives us :

Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\test", "*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly).Select(f => Path.GetFileName(f));