Get Specific File Data from Folders,Subfolders

[Vikas.Jain]

I am trying to extract data from file/s which contains a specific word “MemberRef”

These files are present in subfolders of main folder like

\user1\Documents\2016\Jan\MemberRef12.xlsx
\user1\Documents\2016\Feb\MemberRef21.xlsx
\user1\Documents\2016\Jun\MemberRef22.xlsx
etc

Is there a way where I can search a specific string “Member Ref” in a directory "\user1\Documents\2016" and search the root folders to get the list of all file names and extract data?

[andrzej.kniola (Andrzej Knioła)]

Hi,

You can use Directory.EnumerateFiles - example attached.
Command in your case would be similar to:
Directory.EnumerateFiles("\user1\Documents\2016", "*MemberRef*.xlsx", SearchOption.AllDirectories)

FindFilesTest.xaml (6.1 KB)

Regards,
Andrzej

[Vikas.Jain]

Thanks Andrzej,

I have used another line of code which yields similar results.

“Directory.GetFiles(”\user1\Documents\2016,“MemberRef.xlsx”,SearchOption.Alldirectories)"

Many Thanks!