SEARCHFILE

Search for files and directories under a given folder with recursive and filter options

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% SEARCHFILE search for files and/or directories under a given folder
% Syntax
% list = searchfile('dir', 'filter', 'recflag')
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% 'dir'(Optional) -
% The source directory where to search. If not specified,
% current working directory will be used
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% 'filter'(Optional) -
% File filter('*.txt', 'ABC*.*' etc)
%
% 'recflag'(Optional) -
% 1 = Recurse into subdirectory, otherwise look only in
% the specified/current directory
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% Eg: list = searchfile('C:\Temp', '*.txt', 1);
% list = searchfile('*.txt', 1);
% list = searchfile(1);
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% Return value : Structure with following fields
% 'name' - Name of the file/directory
% 'path' - Path to the file/directory
% 'fullpath' - Full path of the file/directory including its
% name
% 'isdir' - Flag indicates whether a directory or file
% 1 = Directory, 0 = File
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