In C#, I would like to get all files from a specific directory that matches the following mask:
- prefix is
"myfile_"
- suffix is some numeric number
- file extension is
xml
i.e
myfile_4.xml
myfile_24.xml
the following files should not match the mask:
_myfile_6.xml
myfile_6.xml_
the code should like somehing this this (maybe some linq query can help)
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(folder, "???");
Thanks
I am not good with regular expressions, but this might help -
var myFiles = from file in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(folder, "myfile_*.xml")
where Regex.IsMatch(file, "myfile_[0-9]+.xml",RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) //use the correct regex here
select file;
You can try it like:
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\test", "myfile_*.xml");
//This will give you all the files with `xml` extension and starting with `myfile_`
//but this will also give you files like `myfile_ABC.xml`
//to filter them out
int temp;
List<string> selectedFiles = new List<string>();
foreach (string str in files)
{
string fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(str);
string[] tempArray = fileName.Split('_');
if (tempArray.Length == 2 && int.TryParse(tempArray[1], out temp))
{
selectedFiles.Add(str);
}
}
So if your Test folder has files:
myfile_24.xml
MyFile_6.xml
MyFile_6.xml_
myfile_ABC.xml
_MyFile_6.xml
Then you will get in selectedFiles
myfile_24.xml
MyFile_6.xml
You can do something like:
Regex reg = new Regex(@"myfile_\d+.xml");
IEnumerable<string> files = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\").Where(fileName => reg.IsMatch(fileName));