WolframLang: List Files (Walk Directory)
List File Names
FileNames[]-
return a
List
of all files (and directories) in the current directory.
Each item is a path.
FileNames[] FileNames[strPattern]-
list files of current dir whose name match a string pattern.
The pattern can be a wildcard pattern or regex
e.g.
FileNames["*.html"]for all html files. FileNames[{strPattern1, strPattern2 etc}]- match any of the patterns.
FileNames[ALL, dir]- all files in a given dir.
FileNames[strPatterns, dir]- any of the patterns.
FileNames[strPatterns, dirList]- any of the patterns from any of the given dir.
FileNames[strPatterns, dir, n]- to depth n.
(the filepath can be relative. [see Navigate Directory])
List Files of Dir and Subdirs (recurse)
List all files, including any subdirectories to infinite depth:
FileNames[ All, "c:/Users/xah/Downloads/" , Infinity]
up to depth 2:
FileNames[ All, "c:/Users/xah/Downloads/" , 2]
List Files, Filter by File Extension
list all file names ending in .html:
FileNames["*.html","c:/Users/xah/web/"]
filter by multiple extensions:
FileNames[ {"*.html", "*.css"}, "c:/Users/xah/"]
List Files of Multiple Directories
list all file names ending in .html or .css, in several directories:
FileNames[ {"*.html", "*.css"}, {"c:/Users/xah/Documents/", "c:/Users/xah/Downloads/"}]