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* Dir is the directory to start the search in. | * Dir is the directory to start the search in. | ||
* Wildcard is the wildcard matchtext to attempt to match against directory names. | * Wildcard is the wildcard matchtext to attempt to match against directory names. | ||
| − | * N is the number of | + | * N is the number of matches to attempt to make. If N>0, the Nth file found matching the wildcard will be returned. If N=0 all possible matches are made and the number of matches is returned. |
* Depth is the number of subdirectories deep to search. This is optional, and will be infinite unless specified. | * Depth is the number of subdirectories deep to search. This is optional, and will be infinite unless specified. | ||
* @window is optional. If specified, it will print all directory results into the given window's listbox. The window '''must''' have a listbox. | * @window is optional. If specified, it will print all directory results into the given window's listbox. The window '''must''' have a listbox. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:19, 10 May 2008
Searches the specified directory for directories matching the wild card given.
$finddir(dir,wildcard,N [,depth] [,@window | command])[ .shortfn ]
- Dir is the directory to start the search in.
- Wildcard is the wildcard matchtext to attempt to match against directory names.
- N is the number of matches to attempt to make. If N>0, the Nth file found matching the wildcard will be returned. If N=0 all possible matches are made and the number of matches is returned.
- Depth is the number of subdirectories deep to search. This is optional, and will be infinite unless specified.
- @window is optional. If specified, it will print all directory results into the given window's listbox. The window must have a listbox.
- Command is optional. If specified, it will perform a command for every possible match. $1- will be the directory found.
- .shortfn is optional. If specified, it will return the short version of the path. See $shortfn for a brief explanation.
Example
alias listdirs { window -l @list | noop $finddir($disk(1).path,*,0,@list) }
