Files count in folder and sub folders

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Hello Friends,

I have lot of sub-folders in main folder

Example :

First Main folder name : 317_ABC.

Second main folder name: BMTFT (in this main folder i have lot of sub folders)

30-4 no.5 (inside the files)
30-4 no.6 (inside the files)
30-4 no.8 (inside the files)
37779432 (inside the files)
207758581 (inside the files)
254128794 (inside the files)

How to get the files count with file name and path name (i.e., 317_ABC\BMTFT\30-4 no.5\<files name="">?

Hope this is clear. please any one guide me?

Posted 23-Jun-13 22:59pm

Pandiarajan A

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Answer 1 · 2013-06-23T23:10:00

You must be searching for Directory.GetFiles(path, searchPattern, SearchOption)[^] overload of Directory.GetFiles().
Try this way:

C#

string[] files = directory.GetFiles(@"c:\windows\system32", "*.dll", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

    return files.Length;

Here Path specifies the path, searchPattern specifies your wildcards (e.g., *, *.format) and SearchOption provides the option to include subdirectories.

The Length property of the return array of this search will provide the proper file count for your particular search pattern and option.

Also check similar answer here[^]

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2013-06-23T23:07:00

Solution 1

Try:

C#

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\Temp\", "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
Console.WriteLine(files.Length);

This will give you all the files: to check contents you would have to open them all individually.

"the above code is VB.net?"

No, but the differences are trivial. Try:

VB

Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles("D:\Temp\", "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
Console.WriteLine(files.Length)

Posted 23-Jun-13 23:07pm

OriginalGriff

Updated 24-Jun-13 21:10pm

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Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 2:31am

the above code is VB.net?

OriginalGriff 25-Jun-13 3:10am

Answer updated

Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 3:51am

the above code returns the count of file. not meet my requirements

OriginalGriff 25-Jun-13 3:57am

To quote your question:
"How to get the files count with file name and path name"
The variable "files" holds the file names with paths, and the Lenght property of this shows you how many there are.

Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 3:59am

the above code return the count of files only not full path and sub folder path

OriginalGriff 25-Jun-13 4:21am

Did you actually look at it at all?

Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 4:52am

i have checked its return total files count only

OriginalGriff 25-Jun-13 4:56am

The output via Console.WriteLine is, yes. But did you bother to look at the source of that length? No? Thought not...

Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 4:58am

ya i got it thanks for your timing help.

Maciej Los · Answer 3 · 2013-06-23T23:08:00

Solution 2

I would suggest you to start here: How to: Enumerate Directories and Files[^]
Walkthrough: Manipulating Files and Folders in Visual Basic .NET[^]
Directory.GetFiles Method (String)[^]

Posted 23-Jun-13 23:08pm

Maciej Los

sudipta biswas · Answer 4 · 2013-06-23T23:10:00

Solution 3

You can use this

VB

Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo("path")
            di.GetFiles();

Which will return a list of all files in that directory.Then you can get the file count and iterate over them as per your requirement.

Posted 23-Jun-13 23:10pm

sudipta biswas

Updated 23-Jun-13 23:12pm

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Pandiarajan A 25-Jun-13 2:31am

the above code is VB.net?

sudipta biswas 25-Jun-13 3:15am

Sorry remove the ;