How can I list current directory and subdirectory files as a vector?
I want to list all files in the current directory and all the ones in any of its subdirectories in a vector. I know dir lists the files in the current directory as a struct array. I want to be able to search this list for a filename (as a string), maybe using findstr.
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Two corrections/notes:
1) when using genpath, I think the last character in the vector is a semicolon, so you should skip it in the loop one way or another (e.g. use k=1:length(folderlist)-1 or use an if statement to check the current folder name is a valid folder)
2) if you have a structure array of files generated by the dir structure, the isdir field of a gievn element is 1 if it is a folder.
1) when using genpath, I think the last character in the vector is a semicolon, so you should skip it in the loop one way or another (e.g. use k=1:length(folderlist)-1 or use an if statement to check the current folder name is a valid folder)
2) if you have a structure array of files generated by the dir structure, the isdir field of a gievn element is 1 if it is a folder.
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This is very helpful! Thank you. When I use genpath, am I putting in the name of my directory? I was trying it out and kept getting an empty string. I guess my question is what does the notation d:\ mean? Does it allow genpath to just automatically go through the current directory for subdirectories?
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You need to input the name of the top directory you're searching, so in this example, genpath('d:\') will give a string containing the root of D: and all the folders and subfolders on the partition. for another example, genpath('c:\windows') will give you the windows folder and all its subfolders.
If you omit this argument, you will get the folders in matlab/toolbox.
If you omit this argument, you will get the folders in matlab/toolbox.
1) Recursively - use dir, find which files in the resulting array are folders, use dir on each of them, etc.
2) You can also generate a list of all the subfolders of a given directory using genpath. so, you could do something like this:
folderstring=genpath('d:\'
folderlist=regexp(folderst
and then loop through the elements of folderlist:
for k=1:length(folderlist)
filelist=folderlist{k};
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