Re: Re: Listing for a specific list of files

On 11 Mar 2004 at 10:18, Brent Clark wrote: > Hi David > Thanks for your feedback > but im look not looking for the search to be based on the extension > > the fault it mine: > im more looking for with the equivalent of > ls -l 00* > > I basically just want all files with 00. > > Kind Regards > Brent Clark > > >>Hi there > >> > >>I need to perform a function whereby I can list a directory (which is I > >>can do) but the problem is that I want to list only a certain list of > >>files that is in the directory. for example in linux I do a: ls -l > >>00*.pdf > >> > >>If some one can knows of a url as an example or could help in some way. > >>That would be most appreciated > >> > >>Kind regards > >>Brent Clark > >> > >> > >> > > > >http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php and look > >partway down > >the user notes where there is an example that just gets image files. > > > > > > > OK - then you could consider using strpos or substr on the file name to determine whether it matches your criteria. If you are on a *nix host you could of course do ls -l 00* using one of the system commands. -- David Robley Quod subigo farinam "I'm a great opera singer," said Tom, being callous.