File List

File list builds a list of files for use in batch processing.

Description

File list builds a list of files for use in batch processing. The user can select the sub-folder depth for recursion, file extensions to search for, and file name to search.

It is helpful for batch processing large number of files in various folders or sub folders.

[files,total]=file_list(pwd,'*.mat',1);
for i=1:total
     data=load(files{i});
     % Do stuff with data
end

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7 (R14)
• Other requirements: Tested on MATLAB Version 7.5.0.342 (R2007b) on Windows XP. Should work cross platform.

[Darin McCoy]

Nice work on this Jed - one thing to consider adding....

Replace line 134

temp_file_list = dir(folder);

with

temp_file_listA = dir([folder '\*' file_extension ]);
    
temp_file_listB = dir([folder '\*.']);
    
temp_file_list = [temp_file_listA;temp_file_listB];

This can improve speed substantially (10x)