wildcardsearch

Searches the file system for files or folders matching a wildcard pattern

Description

WILDCARDSEARCH(ROOTDIR, SEARCHSTRING) Searches the file system from the starting directory ROOTDIR for files and folders matching the pattern SEARCHSTRING. The function WILDCARDSEARCH is similar to the search file option in Explorer.

Have a look at the source code for more information. For more info on this function and how to use it, bug reports, feature requests, etc. feel free to contact the author.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)

[Bob Hamans]

Example 1: Finds all jpg and tif files:
 rootdir = 'C:\'
 searchstr = '*.jpg;*.tif';
 files = wildcardsearch(rootdir, searchstr);

Example 2: Finds all files named EXPxxx.DAT:
 rootdir = 'C:\'
 searchstr = 'EXP???.DAT';
 files = wildcardsearch(rootdir, searchstr);