How to find files according RegEx in C#

Question

I need to get list of files on some drive with paths that matches specific pattern, for example FA\\d\\d\\d\\d.xml where \\d is digit (0,1,2..9). So files can have names lik

Answer 1

Use the Directory API to find FA????.xml, and run the resulting list through a regex filter:

var fa = from f in Directory.GetFiles("FA????.xml")
         where Regex.Match(f, "FA\d\d\d\d\.xml")
         select f;

Answer 2

You could do something like:

System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\", "FA????.xml", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

Then from your results just iterate over them and verify them against your regex i.e. that the ? characters in the name are all numbers

Answer 3

Are you using C# 3?

Regex reg = new Regex(@"^FA[0-9]{4}\.xml$");
var files = Directory.GetFiles(yourPath, "*.xml").Where(path => reg.IsMatch(path));