FINDFILE Function

Returns a string array containing the names of all files matching a specified file description.

Usage

result = FINDFILE(file_specification)

Input Parameters

A scalar string used to find files. May contain any valid shell wildcard characters. If omitted, all files in the current directory are supplied.

Windows Users: If a filename or directory name used in the file specification string contains a space, the entire string must be enclosed in quotes (either single or double quotes). For example, to find files in the directory: 'Visual Numerics\wave\xres', you must use the command:

files=FINDFILE('"\Visual Numerics\wave\xres"')

UNIX Users: Under UNIX, FINDFILE uses the shell specified by the SHELL environment variable (or /bin/sh if SHELL is not defined) to search for any files matching file_specification.

OpenVMS Users: Under OpenVMS, FINDFILE uses the command language interpreter.

Example

This example assumes you have two files, test.c and test_2.c, in your current directory.

x=FINDFILE('*.c', Count=cntr)
PRINT, x

test.c   test_2.c

PRINT, cntr

FINDFILE Function

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