langchain/docs/modules/indexes/document_loaders/examples/directory_loader.ipynb

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    "# Directory Loader\n",
    "This covers how to use the DirectoryLoader to load all documents in a directory. Under the hood, by default this uses the [UnstructuredLoader](./unstructured_file.ipynb)"
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    "We can use the `glob` parameter to control which files to load. Note that here it doesn't load the `.rst` file or the `.ipynb` files."
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    "loader = DirectoryLoader('../', glob=\"**/*.md\")"
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    "## Change loader class\n",
    "By default this uses the UnstructuredLoader class. However, you can change up the type of loader pretty easily."
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    "from langchain.document_loaders import TextLoader"
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