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How to read all the files in a folder through Java? It doesn't matter which API.
public void listFilesForFolder(final File folder) {
for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) {
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
listFilesForFolder(fileEntry);
} else {
System.out.println(fileEntry.getName());
}
}
}
final File folder = new File("/home/you/Desktop");
listFilesForFolder(folder);
Files.walk API is available from Java 8.
try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(Paths.get("/home/you/Desktop"))) {
paths
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.forEach(System.out::println);
}
The example uses try-with-resources pattern recommended in API guide. It ensures that no matter circumstances the stream will be closed.
File folder = new File("/Users/you/folder/");
File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
for (File file : listOfFiles) {
if (file.isFile()) {
System.out.println(file.getName());
}
}
In Java 8 you can do this
Files.walk(Paths.get("/path/to/folder"))
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.forEach(System.out::println);
which will print all files in a folder while excluding all directories. If you need a list, the following will do:
Files.walk(Paths.get("/path/to/folder"))
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.collect(Collectors.toList())
If you want to return List<File> instead of List<Path> just map it:
List<File> filesInFolder = Files.walk(Paths.get("/path/to/folder"))
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.map(Path::toFile)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
You also need to make sure to close the stream! Otherwise you might run into an exception telling you that too many files are open. Read here for more information.
All of the answers on this topic that make use of the new Java 8 functions are neglecting to close the stream. The example in the accepted answer should be:
try (Stream<Path> filePathStream=Files.walk(Paths.get("/home/you/Desktop"))) {
filePathStream.forEach(filePath -> {
if (Files.isRegularFile(filePath)) {
System.out.println(filePath);
}
});
}
From the javadoc of the Files.walk method:
The returned stream encapsulates one or more DirectoryStreams. If
timely disposal of file system resources is required, the
try-with-resources construct should be used to ensure that the
stream's close method is invoked after the stream operations are completed.
One remark according to get all files in the directory.
The method Files.walk(path) will return all files by walking the file tree rooted at the given started file.
For instance, there is the next file tree:
\---folder
| file1.txt
| file2.txt
|
\---subfolder
file3.txt
file4.txt
Using the java.nio.file.Files.walk(Path):
Files.walk(Paths.get("folder"))
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.forEach(System.out::println);
Gives the following result:
folder\file1.txt
folder\file2.txt
folder\subfolder\file3.txt
folder\subfolder\file4.txt
To get all files only in the current directory use the java.nio.file.Files.list(Path):
Files.list(Paths.get("folder"))
.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
.forEach(System.out::println);
Result:
folder\file1.txt
folder\file2.txt
import java.io.File;
public class ReadFilesFromFolder {
public static File folder = new File("C:/Documents and Settings/My Documents/Downloads");
static String temp = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println("Reading files under the folder "+ folder.getAbsolutePath());
listFilesForFolder(folder);
}
public static void listFilesForFolder(final File folder) {
for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) {
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
// System.out.println("Reading files under the folder "+folder.getAbsolutePath());
listFilesForFolder(fileEntry);
} else {
if (fileEntry.isFile()) {
temp = fileEntry.getName();
if ((temp.substring(temp.lastIndexOf('.') + 1, temp.length()).toLowerCase()).equals("txt"))
System.out.println("File= " + folder.getAbsolutePath()+ "\\" + fileEntry.getName());
}
}
}
}
}
In Java 7 and higher you can use listdir
Path dir = ...;
try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(dir)) {
for (Path file: stream) {
System.out.println(file.getFileName());
}
} catch (IOException | DirectoryIteratorException x) {
// IOException can never be thrown by the iteration.
// In this snippet, it can only be thrown by newDirectoryStream.
System.err.println(x);
}
You can also create a filter that can then be passed into the newDirectoryStream method above
DirectoryStream.Filter<Path> filter = new DirectoryStream.Filter<Path>() {
public boolean accept(Path file) throws IOException {
try {
return (Files.isRegularFile(path));
} catch (IOException x) {
// Failed to determine if it's a file.
System.err.println(x);
return false;
}
}
};
For other filtering examples, [see documentation].(http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/dirs.html#glob)
private static final String ROOT_FILE_PATH="/";
File f=new File(ROOT_FILE_PATH);
File[] allSubFiles=f.listFiles();
for (File file : allSubFiles) {
if(file.isDirectory())
{
System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath()+" is directory");
//Steps for directory
}
else
{
System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath()+" is file");
//steps for files
}
}
Just walk through all Files using Files.walkFileTree (Java 7)
Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get(dir), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
System.out.println("file: " + file);
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
});
If you want more options, you can use this function which aims to populate an arraylist of files present in a folder. Options are : recursivility and pattern to match.
public static ArrayList<File> listFilesForFolder(final File folder,
final boolean recursivity,
final String patternFileFilter) {
// Inputs
boolean filteredFile = false;
// Ouput
final ArrayList<File> output = new ArrayList<File> ();
// Foreach elements
for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) {
// If this element is a directory, do it recursivly
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
if (recursivity) {
output.addAll(listFilesForFolder(fileEntry, recursivity, patternFileFilter));
}
}
else {
// If there is no pattern, the file is correct
if (patternFileFilter.length() == 0) {
filteredFile = true;
}
// Otherwise we need to filter by pattern
else {
filteredFile = Pattern.matches(patternFileFilter, fileEntry.getName());
}
// If the file has a name which match with the pattern, then add it to the list
if (filteredFile) {
output.add(fileEntry);
}
}
}
return output;
}
Best, Adrien
File directory = new File("/user/folder");
File[] myarray;
myarray=new File[10];
myarray=directory.listFiles();
for (int j = 0; j < myarray.length; j++)
{
File path=myarray[j];
FileReader fr = new FileReader(path);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String s = "";
while (br.ready()) {
s += br.readLine() + "\n";
}
}
nice usage of java.io.FileFilter as seen on https://stackoverflow.com/a/286001/146745
File fl = new File(dir);
File[] files = fl.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
public boolean accept(File file) {
return file.isFile();
}
});
static File mainFolder = new File("Folder");
public static void main(String[] args) {
lf.getFiles(lf.mainFolder);
}
public void getFiles(File f) {
File files[];
if (f.isFile()) {
String name=f.getName();
} else {
files = f.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
getFiles(files[i]);
}
}
}
I think this is good way to read all the files in a folder and sub folder's
private static void addfiles (File input,ArrayList<File> files)
{
if(input.isDirectory())
{
ArrayList <File> path = new ArrayList<File>(Arrays.asList(input.listFiles()));
for(int i=0 ; i<path.size();++i)
{
if(path.get(i).isDirectory())
{
addfiles(path.get(i),files);
}
if(path.get(i).isFile())
{
files.add(path.get(i));
}
}
}
if(input.isFile())
{
files.add(input);
}
}
Simple example that works with Java 1.7 to recursively list files in directories specified on the command-line:
import java.io.File;
public class List {
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (String f : args) {
listDir(f);
}
}
private static void listDir(String dir) {
File f = new File(dir);
File[] list = f.listFiles();
if (list == null) {
return;
}
for (File entry : list) {
System.out.println(entry.getName());
if (entry.isDirectory()) {
listDir(entry.getAbsolutePath());
}
}
}
}
While I do agree with Rich, Orian and the rest for using:
final File keysFileFolder = new File(<path>);
File[] fileslist = keysFileFolder.listFiles();
if(fileslist != null)
{
//Do your thing here...
}
for some reason all the examples here uses absolute path (i.e. all the way from root, or, say, drive letter (C:\) for windows..)
I'd like to add that it is possible to use relative path as-well.
So, if you're pwd (current directory/folder) is folder1 and you want to parse folder1/subfolder, you simply write (in the code above instead of ):
final File keysFileFolder = new File("subfolder");
Java 8 Files.walk(..) is good when you are soore it will not throw Avoid Java 8 Files.walk(..) termination cause of ( java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException ) .
Here is a safe solution , not though so elegant as Java 8Files.walk(..) :
int[] count = {0};
try {
Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get(dir.getPath()), new HashSet<FileVisitOption>(Arrays.asList(FileVisitOption.FOLLOW_LINKS)),
Integer.MAX_VALUE, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file , BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
System.out.printf("Visiting file %s\n", file);
++count[0];
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file , IOException e) throws IOException {
System.err.printf("Visiting failed for %s\n", file);
return FileVisitResult.SKIP_SUBTREE;
}
#Override
public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir , BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
System.out.printf("About to visit directory %s\n", dir);
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
});
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
void getFiles(){
String dirPath = "E:/folder_name";
File dir = new File(dirPath);
String[] files = dir.list();
if (files.length == 0) {
System.out.println("The directory is empty");
} else {
for (String aFile : files) {
System.out.println(aFile);
}
}
}
package com;
import java.io.File;
/**
*
* #author ?Mukesh
*/
public class ListFiles {
static File mainFolder = new File("D:\\Movies");
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ListFiles lf = new ListFiles();
lf.getFiles(lf.mainFolder);
long fileSize = mainFolder.length();
System.out.println("mainFolder size in bytes is: " + fileSize);
System.out.println("File size in KB is : " + (double)fileSize/1024);
System.out.println("File size in MB is :" + (double)fileSize/(1024*1024));
}
public void getFiles(File f){
File files[];
if(f.isFile())
System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());
else{
files = f.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
getFiles(files[i]);
}
}
}
}
Just to expand on the accepted answer I store the filenames to an ArrayList (instead of just dumping them to System.out.println) I created a helper class "MyFileUtils" so it could be imported by other projects:
class MyFileUtils {
public static void loadFilesForFolder(final File folder, List<String> fileList){
for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) {
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
loadFilesForFolder(fileEntry, fileList);
} else {
fileList.add( fileEntry.getParent() + File.separator + fileEntry.getName() );
}
}
}
}
I added the full path to the file name.
You would use it like this:
import MyFileUtils;
List<String> fileList = new ArrayList<String>();
final File folder = new File("/home/you/Desktop");
MyFileUtils.loadFilesForFolder(folder, fileList);
// Dump file list values
for (String fileName : fileList){
System.out.println(fileName);
}
The ArrayList is passed by "value", but the value is used to point to the same ArrayList object living in the JVM Heap. In this way, each recursion call adds filenames to the same ArrayList (we are NOT creating a new ArrayList on each recursive call).
There are many good answers above, here's a different approach: In a maven project, everything you put in the resources folder is copied by default in the target/classes folder. To see what is available at runtime
ClassLoader contextClassLoader =
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL resource = contextClassLoader.getResource("");
File file = new File(resource.toURI());
File[] files = file.listFiles();
for (File f : files) {
System.out.println(f.getName());
}
Now to get the files from a specific folder, let's say you have a folder called 'res' in your resources folder, just replace:
URL resource = contextClassLoader.getResource("res");
If you want to have access in your com.companyName package then:
contextClassLoader.getResource("com.companyName");
You can put the file path to argument and create a list with all the filepaths and not put it the list manually. Then use a for loop and a reader. Example for txt files:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
File[] files = new File(args[0].replace("\\", "\\\\")).listFiles(new FilenameFilter() { #Override public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return name.endsWith(".txt"); } });
ArrayList<String> filedir = new ArrayList<String>();
String FILE_TEST = null;
for (i=0; i<files.length; i++){
filedir.add(files[i].toString());
CSV_FILE_TEST=filedir.get(i)
try(Reader testreader = Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get(FILE_TEST));
){
//write your stuff
}}}
package com.commandline.folder;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
public class FolderReadingDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = args[0];
final File folder = new File(str);
// listFilesForFolder(folder);
listFilesForFolder(str);
}
public static void listFilesForFolder(String str) {
try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(Paths.get(str))) {
paths.filter(Files::isRegularFile).forEach(System.out::println);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void listFilesForFolder(final File folder) {
for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) {
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
listFilesForFolder(fileEntry);
} else {
System.out.println(fileEntry.getName());
}
}
}
}
We can use org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils, use listFiles() mehtod to read all the files in a given folder.
eg:
FileUtils.listFiles(directory, new String[] {"ext1", "ext2"}, true)
This read all the files in the given directory with given extensions, we can pass multiple extensions in the array and read recursively within the folder(true parameter).
public static List<File> files(String dirname) {
if (dirname == null) {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
File dir = new File(dirname);
if (!dir.exists()) {
return Collections.emptyList();
}
if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
return Collections.singletonList(file(dirname));
}
return Arrays.stream(Objects.requireNonNull(dir.listFiles()))
.collect(Collectors.toList());
}
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class AvoidNullExp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<File> fileList =new ArrayList<>();
final File folder = new File("g:/master");
new AvoidNullExp().listFilesForFolder(folder, fileList);
}
public void listFilesForFolder(final File folder,List<File> fileList) {
File[] filesInFolder = folder.listFiles();
if (filesInFolder != null) {
for (final File fileEntry : filesInFolder) {
if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) {
System.out.println("DIR : "+fileEntry.getName());
listFilesForFolder(fileEntry,fileList);
} else {
System.out.println("FILE : "+fileEntry.getName());
fileList.add(fileEntry);
}
}
}
}
}
list down files from Test folder present inside class path
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Hello {
public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
System.out.println("List down all the files present on the server directory");
File file1 = new File("/prog/FileTest/src/Test");
File[] files = file1.listFiles();
if (null != files) {
for (int fileIntList = 0; fileIntList < files.length; fileIntList++) {
String ss = files[fileIntList].toString();
if (null != ss && ss.length() > 0) {
System.out.println("File: " + (fileIntList + 1) + " :" + ss.substring(ss.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1, ss.length()));
}
}
}
}
}
/**
* Function to read all mp3 files from sdcard and store the details in an
* ArrayList
*/
public ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> getPlayList()
{
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> songsList=new ArrayList<>();
File home = new File(MEDIA_PATH);
if (home.listFiles(new FileExtensionFilter()).length > 0) {
for (File file : home.listFiles(new FileExtensionFilter())) {
HashMap<String, String> song = new HashMap<String, String>();
song.put(
"songTitle",
file.getName().substring(0,
(file.getName().length() - 4)));
song.put("songPath", file.getPath());
// Adding each song to SongList
songsList.add(song);
}
}
// return songs list array
return songsList;
}
/**
* Class to filter files which have a .mp3 extension
* */
class FileExtensionFilter implements FilenameFilter
{
#Override
public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
return (name.endsWith(".mp3") || name.endsWith(".MP3"));
}
}
You can filter any textfiles or any other extension ..just replace it with .MP3
This will Read Specified file extension files in given path(looks sub folders also)
public static Map<String,List<File>> getFileNames(String
dirName,Map<String,List<File>> filesContainer,final String fileExt){
String dirPath = dirName;
List<File>files = new ArrayList<>();
Map<String,List<File>> completeFiles = filesContainer;
if(completeFiles == null) {
completeFiles = new HashMap<>();
}
File file = new File(dirName);
FileFilter fileFilter = new FileFilter() {
#Override
public boolean accept(File file) {
boolean acceptFile = false;
if(file.isDirectory()) {
acceptFile = true;
}else if (file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(fileExt))
{
acceptFile = true;
}
return acceptFile;
}
};
for(File dirfile : file.listFiles(fileFilter)) {
if(dirfile.isFile() &&
dirfile.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(fileExt)) {
files.add(dirfile);
}else if(dirfile.isDirectory()) {
if(!files.isEmpty()) {
completeFiles.put(dirPath, files);
}
getFileNames(dirfile.getAbsolutePath(),completeFiles,fileExt);
}
}
if(!files.isEmpty()) {
completeFiles.put(dirPath, files);
}
return completeFiles;
}
This will work fine:
private static void addfiles(File inputValVal, ArrayList<File> files)
{
if(inputVal.isDirectory())
{
ArrayList <File> path = new ArrayList<File>(Arrays.asList(inputVal.listFiles()));
for(int i=0; i<path.size(); ++i)
{
if(path.get(i).isDirectory())
{
addfiles(path.get(i),files);
}
if(path.get(i).isFile())
{
files.add(path.get(i));
}
}
/* Optional : if you need to have the counts of all the folders and files you can create 2 global arrays
and store the results of the above 2 if loops inside these arrays */
}
if(inputVal.isFile())
{
files.add(inputVal);
}
}
I am new to Java. Looking for code to search for files with .ofg extension in all the sub-directories of /var/data.
The desired outputs are
the subdirectory name(s), which has the files with those files
the full names of the files
the number of those files in that subdirectory.
There are some tutorials available, but nothing i could find fitting to my code base; like
public class FindFiles {
int inProcThreshold = 0;
protected File recurfile(File file) {
File[] dirlist = file.listFiles();
for (File f : dirlist) {
if (f.isDirectory()) {
return f;
}
}
return null;
}
protected int numOfInProcs(String location, int level, int maxdepth) {
File base = new File(location);
File[] firstlevelfiles = base.listFiles();
while (level <= maxdepth) {
for (File afile : firstlevelfiles) {
if (afile.isDirectory()) {
base = recurfile(afile);
} else {
if (afile.getName().endsWith(".txt")) {
inProcThreshold++;
}
}
}
level++;
}
return inProcThreshold;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
FindFiles test = new FindFiles();
String dirToList = "I:\\TEST-FOLDER";
String ext = ".txt";
int count = test.numOfInProcs(dirToList, 0, 10);
System.out.println("Number of txt files are " + count);
}
}
This is the code I am trying but it returns 0 as output to me. I am trying to search for files with extension.txt in the I:\TEST-FOLDER subfolders.
Use this filter by giving directory addres in dirName Parameter it will list all directories with extension .ofg
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
public class Filter {
public File[] finder( String dirName){
File dir = new File(dirName);
return dir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
public boolean accept(File dir, String filename)
{ return filename.endsWith(".ofg"); }
} );
}
}
I think what you are looking for is Files.find. Pass it a Predicate which checks that path.toString().endsWith(".ofg"),
It will return a Stream of Path objects representing the matching files. You can extract all the data you want by iterating on this Stream.
If you are not required to write the recursive part yourself (for practice or as task), you could use Files#walkFileTree with a custom implementation of the FileVisitor Interface (As #Mena proposed in his comment).
Extend the SimpleFileVisitor class (or implement the FileVisitor interface) and provide your code to be executed on each file:
public class OfgFolderCollectingFileVisitor extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path> {
/** Stores the matching file paths */
private final List<Path> collectedPaths = new LinkedList<>();
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
// check if the current file is an .ofg file
if (file.toString().endsWith(".ofg")) {
// it is -> add it's containing folder to the collection
this.collectedPaths.add(file.getParent());
}
return super.visitFile(file, attrs);
}
public List<Path> getCollectedPaths() {
return this.collectedPaths;
}
}
Then pass an instance of your implementation to Files#walkFileTree and check the collected paths afterwards:
final OfgFolderCollectingFileVisitor visitor = new OfgFolderCollectingFileVisitor();
try {
Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get("/var/data"), visitor);
} catch (final IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
return;
}
// let's see if something matched our criteria
final List<Path> ofgContainers = visitor.getCollectedPaths();
System.out.printf("Files found: %d%n", ofgContainers.size());
if (!ofgContainers.isEmpty()) {
System.out.printf("%nContaining directories:%n");
for (final Path ofgContainer : ofgContainers) {
System.out.printf("- %s%n", ofgContaininer);
}
}
Here is some example output (yes, folder2 and it's subfolder contain an .ofg file)
Files found: 3
Containing directories:
- \var\data\folder1\folder1.1
- \var\data\folder2
- \var\data\folder2\folder2.2
I need to get all the absolute file path of the files with extension .pdf. I am using the code mentioned below, but I'm able to only get the absolute file path of only one file.
How can I modify the code to get all the absolute file paths ?
public class FindFiles {
String absoluteFilePath = "";
String fileName;
public String PdfFiles(String parentDirectory, String fileExtension) {
FileFilter fileFilter = new FileFilter(fileExtension);
File parentDir = new File(parentDirectory);
// Put the names of all files ending with .pdf in a String array
String[] listOfTextFiles = parentDir.list(fileFilter);
if (listOfTextFiles.length == 0) {
System.out.println("There are no files in this direcotry!");
}
for (String file : listOfTextFiles) {
//construct the absolute file paths...
absoluteFilePath = new StringBuffer(parentDirectory).append(File.separator).append(file).toString();
fileName = file.toString();
}
return absoluteFilePath;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
FindFiles f = new FindFiles();
f.PdfFiles("", "");
}
}
you are overrding absoluteFilePath every time in the loop;
try with
absoluteFilePath += new StringBuffer(parentDirectory).append(File.separator).append(file).toString();
Don't be bothered, use java.nio.file:
final Path dir = Paths.get(baseDir).toAbsolutePath();
final String filter = "*." + extension;
final List<Path> ret = new ArrayList<>();
try (
final DirectoryStream<Path> dirstream
= Files.newDirectoryStream(dir, filter);
) {
for (final Path entry: dirstream)
ret.add(entry);
}
return ret;
If you use Java 8, it's even more simple.
A more efficient solution for your problem can be given using classes in java.nio package.
E.g. For checking whether a file is a pdf file or not, use Files.probeContentType(Path path).
Instead of writing loops to visit all directories and files inside these directories, use Files.walkFileTree(Path start, FileVisitor<? super Path> visitor)
Solution for your problem using these classes are
public class FindPdfFiles {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
final Path path = Paths.get("C:\\SearchDirectoryForPDF");
Files.walkFileTree(path, new FindPdfFilesFilter());
}
}
class FindPdfFilesFilter extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path> {
#Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path path, BasicFileAttributes arg1)
throws IOException {
final String mimeTypeOfFile = Files.probeContentType(path);
if(mimeTypeOfFile != null && !mimeTypeOfFile.isEmpty() && mimeTypeOfFile.toLowerCase().contains("pdf")) {
System.out.println(path.toString());
}
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
}
In Java, how do I check folders recursively for a file of a specific pattern? I've seen the below code in a lot of posts online:
public static void findFiles() throws IOException {
File dir = new File(".");
FileFilter fileFilter = new WildcardFileFilter("*.txt");
File[] files = dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
System.out.println(files[i]);
}
}
In my application, I basically need to check files matching *.txt in a user's home directory.
Since the path will vary for each user, how do I use this code to search for a file matching a pattern anywhere on the filesystem?
You could actually simply use:
final File dir = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
This would set the dir to your user's home directory. From there, you simply have to list all the .txt files, not recursively ;)
However, if you still want to list all files from a directory, recursively, you can use the following method:
public static List<File> walk(final File root, final String extension) {
final File[] list = root.listFiles();
if (list == null) {
return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
}
final List<File> res = new ArrayList<>();
for (final File f : list) {
if (f.isDirectory()) {
res.addAll(walk(f, extension));
} else {
if (f.getName().endsWith(extension)) {
res.add(f);
}
}
}
return res;
}
You can use it as follows:
public static void main(final String[] args) {
for (final File file : walk(new File("/home/user3751169"), ".txt")) {
System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
}
}
On the other hand, if you want to look only for the files in the home directory of the current user, you should remove the recursive call to walk():
public static List<File> walk(final File root, final String extension) {
final File[] list = root.listFiles();
if (list == null) {
return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
}
final List<File> res = new ArrayList<>();
for (final File f : list) {
if (f.isFile() && f.getName().endsWith(extension)) {
res.add(f);
}
}
return res;
}
Here's my goal. I want to be able to pass a parent directory and a filename to a method that searches for that specific file in the directory and any sub-directories. Below is the code I have been working with but can not get it to do exactly what I want. It will find the file I specify but will not return anything.
private static File findFile(File dir, String name) {
String file = "";
File[] dirlist = dir.listFiles();
search:
for(int i = 0; i < dirlist.length; i++) {
if(dirlist[i].isDirectory()) {
findFile(dirlist[i], name);
} else if(dirlist[i].getName().matches(name)) {
file = dirlist[i].toString();
break search;
}
}
return new File(file);
}
I know that when the method finds a directory and calls itself it resets the file variable which is where I am storing the found file. So that is why I am getting a blank return. I am not sure how to accomplish this goal or if it's even possible.
The problem is that you're not returning anything from the recursive call:
if(dirlist[i].isDirectory()) {
findFile(dirlist[i], name); // <-- here
} else if(dirlist[i].getName().matches(name)) {
I would do the following:
private static File findFile(File dir, String name) {
File result = null; // no need to store result as String, you're returning File anyway
File[] dirlist = dir.listFiles();
for(int i = 0; i < dirlist.length; i++) {
if(dirlist[i].isDirectory()) {
result = findFile(dirlist[i], name);
if (result!=null) break; // recursive call found the file; terminate the loop
} else if(dirlist[i].getName().matches(name)) {
return dirlist[i]; // found the file; return it
}
}
return result; // will return null if we didn't find anything
}
In fact there are many solutions to do the job.
I assume that you want to find a unique file (or the first one) found in a directory tree that matches with the fileName.
It is a problem of optimization because there are multiple ways to explore solutions, and we want to find an acceptable solution.
1- Solution using FileUtils.listFiles
public static File searchFileWithFileUtils(final File file, final String fileName) {
File target = null;
if(file.isDirectory()) {
Collection<File> files = FileUtils.listFiles(file, null, true);
for (File currFile : files) {
if (currFile.isFile() && currFile.getName().equals(fileName)) {
target = currFile;
break;
}
}
}
return target;
}
The solution using the library FileUtils is not a suitable solution because the method FileUtils#listFiles() loads all the directory/folder tree (the cost is expensive !).
We don't need to know all the tree, we can choose a better algorithm which stops when the file is found.
2- Recursive Solution
public static File searchFileRecursive(final File file, final String search) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
File[] files = file.listFiles();
for (File f : files) {
File target = searchFileRecursive(f, search);
if(target != null) {
return target;
}
}
} else {
if (search.equals(file.getName())) {
return file;
}
}
return null;
}
The algorithm tests if the file exists inside any folder. If not, it tries subfolder of the current folder... recursively. If the file is not found in the current branch it tries another subfolder.
The exploration is deep, and for any file in a deepness of 1 the algorithm will explore the entirety of previous subfolders (previous branches are completely explored !).
This algorithm has the best performances for files in a deep location inside the first branch.
In the majority of cases, the file location is not deep, so let explore another algorithm that works in most of cases.
3- Fastest Solution : exploration by deepness
public static File searchFileByDeepness(final String directoryName, final String fileName) {
File target = null;
if(directoryName != null && fileName != null) {
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if(directory.isDirectory()) {
File file = new File(directoryName, fileName);
if(file.isFile()) {
target = file;
}
else {
List<File> subDirectories = getSubDirectories(directory);
do {
List<File> subSubDirectories = new ArrayList<File>();
for(File subDirectory : subDirectories) {
File fileInSubDirectory = new File(subDirectory, fileName);
if(fileInSubDirectory.isFile()) {
return fileInSubDirectory;
}
subSubDirectories.addAll(getSubDirectories(subDirectory));
}
subDirectories = subSubDirectories;
} while(subDirectories != null && ! subDirectories.isEmpty());
}
}
}
return target;
}
private static List<File> getSubDirectories(final File directory) {
File[] subDirectories = directory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
#Override
public boolean accept(final File current, final String name) {
return new File(current, name).isDirectory();
}
});
return Arrays.asList(subDirectories);
}
For each deepness, the algorithm searches the file inside all folders of the same level. If the file is not found, it tries the next level (deepness++).
Due to the parallel exploration (symmetry), this solution is suitable in most of cases.
Comparison:
public class FileLocationFinder {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
String rootFolder = args[0];
String fileName = args[1];
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
File target = searchFileWithFileUtils(new File(rootFolder), fileName);
System.out.println(target.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Duration: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms");
start = System.currentTimeMillis();
target = searchFileRecursive(new File(rootFolder), fileName);
System.out.println(target.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Duration: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms");
start = System.currentTimeMillis();
target = searchFileByDeepness(rootFolder, fileName);
System.out.println(target.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Duration: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms");
}
// Solution with FileUtils#listFiles
//--------------------------------------------
public static File searchFileWithFileUtils(final File file, final String fileName) {
File target = null;
if(file.isDirectory()) {
Collection<File> files = FileUtils.listFiles(file, null, true);
for (File currFile : files) {
if (currFile.isFile() && currFile.getName().equals(fileName)) {
target = currFile;
break;
}
}
}
return target;
}
// Recursive solution
//--------------------------------------------
public static File searchFileRecursive(final File file, final String search) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
File[] files = file.listFiles();
for (File f : files) {
File target = searchFileRecursive(f, search);
if(target != null) {
return target;
}
}
} else {
if (search.equals(file.getName())) {
return file;
}
}
return null;
}
// Fastest solution
//--------------------------------------------
public static File searchFileByDeepness(final String directoryName, final String fileName) {
File target = null;
if(directoryName != null && fileName != null) {
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if(directory.isDirectory()) {
File file = new File(directoryName, fileName);
if(file.isFile()) {
target = file;
}
else {
List<File> subDirectories = getSubDirectories(directory);
do {
List<File> subSubDirectories = new ArrayList<File>();
for(File subDirectory : subDirectories) {
File fileInSubDirectory = new File(subDirectory, fileName);
if(fileInSubDirectory.isFile()) {
return fileInSubDirectory;
}
subSubDirectories.addAll(getSubDirectories(subDirectory));
}
subDirectories = subSubDirectories;
} while(subDirectories != null && ! subDirectories.isEmpty());
}
}
}
return target;
}
private static List<File> getSubDirectories(final File directory) {
File[] subDirectories = directory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
#Override
public boolean accept(final File current, final String name) {
return new File(current, name).isDirectory();
}
});
return Arrays.asList(subDirectories);
}
}
Result:
searchFileWithFileUtils: 20186ms | searchFileRecursive: 1134ms | searchFileByDeepness: 16ms
[EDIT]
You can also use Java 8 Files API to do this job :
public static File searchFileJava8(final String rootFolder, final String fileName) {
File target = null;
Path root = Paths.get(rootFolder);
try (Stream<Path> stream = Files.find(root, Integer.MAX_VALUE, (path, attr) ->
path.getFileName().toString().equals(fileName))) {
Optional<Path> path = stream.findFirst();
if(path.isPresent()) {
target = path.get().toFile();
}
}
catch (IOException e) {
}
return target;
}
But the execution time is not better (994ms).