findDirectories

Owned by Jonathan Muse
Last updated: Nov 19, 2024
1 min read

Description

Searches for directories that match the given regex in the specified folder. The function only searches for directories, not files. Returns a list with absolute paths for directories that match the given regex. The regex match is done on the file name, not the full path. If the regex parameter is empty string, the function returns an empty result.

Parameters

Return Type

String []

Example

findDirectories("C:/JIRA/plugins", "kepler.*");

Results: An array containing all absolute paths for folders starting with 'kepler' from the folder C:\JIRA\plugins.

 

  1. It is recommended that you use forward slashes ( / ) for file paths.

  2. If the regex contains a backslash replace it with two backslashes otherwise you will get a syntax error.

 

See also

Peacock