<Reading files with varying names> Can we read a file from a folder just by its extension and not full name? Need help for this

[postwick (Paul Ostwick)]

You can write an expression that uses multiple filters.

For @mkankatala too

Using DirectoryInfo.GetFiles instead of Directory.GetFiles, advanced filtering

Most times it’s recommended to use Directory.GetFiles to get the files in a folder. I’ve found DirectoryInfo.GetFiles to be more useful. It gets the files as an IEnumerable of FileInfo, which makes filtering easier and gives you more info about the files. You can later For Each through it and get any of the attributes of the file you want: filename (currentItem.Name); extension (currentItem.Extension), full path and filename (currentItem.FullName) etc. Here is the full definition of FileInfo …