How to open a folder in python?

Question

Python

Not so long ago I came across a problem. Its essence is as follows: you need to write a script that will open a folder and then count how many files there are. I don’t know how to open a folder using python, I thought through open = (''), I tried it - nothing happened, rummaged through Google - I found only deleting folders, not opening them.

Answer 1

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.listdir

Answer 2

import os
len(next(os.walk(path))[2])