Module: Editor
Version: 2.2.1 +
Description
The formula 'ReadFileNames' returns a list of file names in a specified directory that match a search pattern.
For the search pattern most often a Regular Expression will be used. For more information about this, see the formula 'ValidatePattern'.
Parameters
Directory:
This is the directory to scan
Pattern:
This is the regular expression the file names have to match
Example
Description
Suppose your directory 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test' contains the following files:
- data_input.xml
- website.xml
- license.lic
- dataoutput.xml
- data.txt
From these files you want to select a list of all files of which the name starts with 'data' and are written in XML.
Values parameters
Directory:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test
Pattern:
^(data){1}.*(.xml)+$
Result
data_input.xml
dataoutput.xml