Re: Count number of files containing certain string

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 04:43, Jason Wong wrote: > On Wednesday 07 August 2002 03:02, René Fournier wrote: > > I'm trying to piece together readdir() with some other code that will > > let me count the number of files in a directory that match a defined > > string. For example, how many files in "/dir" contain the string > > "slides"? > > > > I need the resulting number to use in a Javascript slideshow... > > > > Any ideas? > > If you're using a un*x system and you're not worried about code portability > then use grep. Or you can try this: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse.html/package/655.html -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* UNIX was half a billion (500000000) seconds old on Tue Nov 5 00:53:20 1985 GMT (measuring since the time(2) epoch). -- Andy Tannenbaum */