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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 13616

How to find the file by its partial name?

How can I get the full filename?

For example:

I have a file named 171_s.jpg that is stored on the hard disc.

I need to find the file by its partial name, i.e. 171_s, and get the full name.

How can I implement this?

Upvotes: 49

Views: 117750

Answers (5)

Lorenz Weiler
Lorenz Weiler

Reputation: 21

Simple as that:

string path = @"C:\example\directory";
string searchPattern = "*171_s*";
string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(path, searchPattern,SearchOption.AllDirectories);

Upvotes: 1

Jay
Jay

Reputation: 1889

Update - Jakub answer is more efficient way to do. ie, use System.IO.Directory.GetFiles() http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143316.aspx

The answer has been already posted, however for an easy understanding here is the code

string folderPath = @"C:/Temp/";
DirectoryInfo dir= new DirectoryInfo(folderPath);
FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles("171_s*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
foreach (var item in files)
{
    // do something here
}

Upvotes: 19

Morten Nørgaard
Morten Nørgaard

Reputation: 2809

Here's an example using GetFiles():

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string partialName = "171_s";
    DirectoryInfo hdDirectoryInWhichToSearch = new DirectoryInfo(@"c:\");
    FileInfo[] filesInDir = hdDirectoryInWhichToSearch.GetFiles("*" + partialName + "*.*");

    foreach (FileInfo foundFile in filesInDir)
    {
        string fullName = foundFile.FullName;
        Console.WriteLine(fullName);
    }    
}

Upvotes: 89

gaurawerma
gaurawerma

Reputation: 1826

You can do it like this:

....

List<string> _filesNames;

foreach(var file in _directory)
{
    string name = GetFileName(file);
    if(name.IndexOf(_partialFileName) > 0)
    {
      _fileNames.Add(name);   
    }
}
....

Upvotes: 3

Jakub Konecki
Jakub Konecki

Reputation: 46008

You could use System.IO.Directory.GetFiles()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143316.aspx

public static string[] GetFiles(
    string path,
    string searchPattern,
    SearchOption searchOption
)

path Type: System.String The directory to search.

searchPattern Type: System.String The search string to match against the names of files in path. The parameter cannot end in two periods ("..") or contain two periods ("..") followed by DirectorySeparatorChar or AltDirectorySeparatorChar, nor can it contain any of the characters in InvalidPathChars.

searchOption Type: System.IO.SearchOption One of the SearchOption values that specifies whether the search operation should include all subdirectories or only the current directory.

Upvotes: 12

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