File Name Search Function

Generate a list of file names that meet a set of text search criteria.
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Updated 22 Mar 2012

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Tristan Ursell
File Finder
March 2012

filenames = filefinder('searchpath','searchterm1','seartchterm2',...);

This function will return a list of file names that contain all of the given search terms. All entries to this function should be strings. All search terms are case sensitive!

filenames is a cell array.

Conceptual Example:

Let's presume that within 'searchpath' there are, in total, five files:

1) future.txt
2) predictions.txt
3) future predictions.txt
4) predilections.txt
5) predictions for future.txt

Using the search term '.txt' returns a cell array with all five file names.

Using the search term 'tions' returns a cell array with filenames 2 through 5.

Using the serach term 'future' returns a cell array with filenames 1,3, and 5.

Using the search terms 'future' and 'prediction' returns a cell array with filenames 3 and 5.

Using the search term 'future prediction' returns a cell array with only filename 3. Thus one can combine two independent search terms in an ordered search term.

Cite As

Tristan Ursell (2024). File Name Search Function (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35816-file-name-search-function), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2009b
Compatible with any release
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1.0.0.0