diff --git a/builtins/path.c b/builtins/path.c
index ba14c3d..d5305e3 100644
--- a/builtins/path.c
+++ b/builtins/path.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public void Path$create_directory(Path_t path, int permissions)
         fail("Could not create directory: %k (%s)", &path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
-public Array_t Path$children(Path_t path, bool include_hidden)
+static Array_t _filtered_children(Path_t path, bool include_hidden, mode_t filter)
 {
     if (Text$matches(path, Pattern("~/{..}")))
         path = Paths(Text$format("%s", getenv("HOME")), Text$slice(path, I(2), I(-1)));
@@ -240,13 +240,36 @@ public Array_t Path$children(Path_t path, bool include_hidden)
             continue;
         if (streq(dir->d_name, ".") || streq(dir->d_name, ".."))
             continue;
-        Path_t child = Text$format("%.*s/%s", path_len, path_str, dir->d_name); 
+
+        const char *child_str = heap_strf("%.*s/%s", path_len, path_str, dir->d_name);
+        struct stat sb;
+        if (stat(child_str, &sb) != 0)
+            continue;
+        if (!((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) & filter))
+            continue;
+
+        Path_t child = Text$format("%s%s", child_str, ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) ? "/" : ""); // Trailing slash for dirs
         Array$insert(&children, &child, I(0), sizeof(Path_t));
     }
     closedir(d);
     return children;
 }
 
+public Array_t Path$children(Path_t path, bool include_hidden)
+{
+    return _filtered_children(path, include_hidden, (mode_t)-1);
+}
+
+public Array_t Path$files(Path_t path, bool include_hidden)
+{
+    return _filtered_children(path, include_hidden, S_IFREG);
+}
+
+public Array_t Path$subdirectories(Path_t path, bool include_hidden)
+{
+    return _filtered_children(path, include_hidden, S_IFDIR);
+}
+
 public const TypeInfo Path$info = {
     .size=sizeof(Path_t),
     .align=__alignof__(Path_t),
diff --git a/builtins/path.h b/builtins/path.h
index 9a37d92..ea1e99a 100644
--- a/builtins/path.h
+++ b/builtins/path.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Text_t Path$read(Path_t path);
 void Path$remove(Path_t path, bool ignore_missing);
 void Path$create_directory(Path_t path, int permissions);
 Array_t Path$children(Path_t path, bool include_hidden);
+Array_t Path$files(Path_t path, bool include_hidden);
+Array_t Path$subdirectories(Path_t path, bool include_hidden);
 
 extern const TypeInfo Path$info;
 
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index d7a1ea1..0f5e182 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -254,14 +254,16 @@ env_t *new_compilation_unit(CORD *libname)
             {"create_directory", "Path$create_directory", "func(path:Path, permissions=0o644_i32)"},
             {"escape_text", "Path$escape_text", "func(text:Text)->Path"},
             {"exists", "Path$exists", "func(path:Path)->Bool"},
+            {"files", "Path$children", "func(path:Path, include_hidden=no)->[Path]"},
             {"is_directory", "Path$is_directory", "func(path:Path, follow_symlinks=yes)->Bool"},
             {"is_file", "Path$is_file", "func(path:Path, follow_symlinks=yes)->Bool"},
             {"is_socket", "Path$is_socket", "func(path:Path, follow_symlinks=yes)->Bool"},
             {"is_symlink", "Path$is_symlink", "func(path:Path)->Bool"},
             {"read", "Path$read", "func(path:Path)->Text"},
-            {"relative", "Path$relative", "func(path:Path, relative_to=./)->Path"},
+            {"relative", "Path$relative", "func(path:Path, relative_to=(./))->Path"},
             {"remove", "Path$remove", "func(path:Path, ignore_missing=no)"},
-            {"resolved", "Path$resolved", "func(path:Path, relative_to=./)->Path"},
+            {"resolved", "Path$resolved", "func(path:Path, relative_to=(./))->Path"},
+            {"subdirectories", "Path$children", "func(path:Path, include_hidden=no)->[Path]"},
             {"write", "Path$write", "func(path:Path, text:Text, permissions=0o644_i32)"},
         )},
         {"Shell", Type(TextType, .lang="Shell", .env=namespace_env(env, "Shell")), "Shell_t", "Shell$info", TypedArray(ns_entry_t,
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index a3f8149..eee8401 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -1297,22 +1297,21 @@ PARSER(parse_text) {
 }
 
 PARSER(parse_path) {
-    // ("~/" / "./" / "../" / "/") *([^ \t\r\n\\;] / "\" .)
+    // "(" ("~/" / "./" / "../" / "/") ... ")"
     const char *start = pos;
 
-    if (!(match(&pos, "~/")
-          || match(&pos, "./")
-          || match(&pos, "../")
-          || match(&pos, "/")))
+    if (!(match(&pos, "(~/")
+          || match(&pos, "(./")
+          || match(&pos, "(../")
+          || match(&pos, "(/")))
         return NULL;
 
-    const char *chunk_start = start;
+    const char *chunk_start = start + 1;
     ast_list_t *chunks = NULL;
     CORD chunk_text = CORD_EMPTY;
-    int depths[] = {[(int)'('] = 0, [(int)'{'] = 0, [(int)'['] = 0};
+    int paren_depth = 1;
     while (pos < ctx->file->text + ctx->file->len) {
         switch (*pos) {
-        case '\r': case '\n': case ';': case ':': goto end_of_path;
         case '\\': {
             ++pos;
             chunk_text = CORD_asprintf("%r%.*s%c", chunk_text, (size_t)(pos - chunk_start), chunk_start, *pos);
@@ -1338,15 +1337,15 @@ PARSER(parse_path) {
             chunk_start = pos;
             continue;
         }
-        case ')': case '}': case ']': {
-            if (depths[(int)*pos] <= 0)
-                goto end_of_path;
-            depths[(int)*pos] -= 1;
+        case '(': {
+            paren_depth += 1;
             ++pos;
             continue;
         }
-        case '(': case '{': case '[': {
-            depths[(int)*pos] += 1;
+        case ')': {
+            paren_depth -= 1;
+            if (paren_depth == 0)
+                goto end_of_path;
             ++pos;
             continue;
         }
@@ -1363,7 +1362,7 @@ PARSER(parse_path) {
         chunks = new(ast_list_t, .ast=literal, .next=chunks);
     }
 
-    match(&pos, ";"); // optional trailing semicolon
+    expect_closing(ctx, &pos, ")", "I was expecting a ')' to finish this path");
 
     REVERSE_LIST(chunks);
     return NewAST(ctx->file, start, pos, TextJoin, .lang="Path", .children=chunks);