FilesFinder

JAVA plugin to search on local harddisk for files and directories where the name is matching a provided regexp and then returns a list of the found files.

Usage

The search string may contain any regexp or word to match. This enables the coder to select if a name should start with, contain or end with or simple be formatted in a specific way. With regexps this could also be used to match files that does not contain "xxx" or well anything you may use regexps to match.

Imports:

import java.io.File;
import com.github.brajjan79.filesfinder.FilesFinder

Code:

File someBaseDir = new File("path/to/dir");
String searchRegex = "test"

File[] foundFiles = FilesFinder.find(searchRegex, someBaseDir)

--> '"foundFiles" will contain all files with "test" in the name'

recursive = false;
File[] foundFiles = FilesFinder.find(searchRegex, someBaseDir, recursive)

--> '"foundFiles" will contain all files with "test" in the name in the provided base directory'

recursive = true;
File[] foundFiles = FilesFinder.findAll(searchRegex, someBaseDir, recursive)

--> '"foundFiles" will contain all files and directories with "test" in the name in the provided base directory'

Installation

Recommended is to install the tool via a dependency manager like Maven or Gradle. The source data can be downloaded here: https://github.com/brajjan79/FilesFinder/tags

Maven, Gradle etc

See Jitpack: https://jitpack.io/#brajjan79/FilesFinder