import os # Get the list of all files and directories path = "/home/jerick/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/RimWorld/Mods" dir_list = os.listdir(path) newList = [] listFile = open("/home/jerick/Documents/Server/maintenance/desktop/list.txt", "w") for dir in dir_list: dir = dir.strip("__LocalCopy_") dir = dir.strip("_-25-11") newList.append(dir) # prints all files for item in newList: print (item, "\n") listFile.write(item) listFile.write("\n") listFile.close()