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File Routines
Read File List
Method 1
public void listFilesForFolder(final File folder) { for (final File fileEntry : folder.listFiles()) { if (fileEntry.isDirectory()) { listFilesForFolder(fileEntry); } else { System.out.println(fileEntry.getName()); } } }
Method 2
In Java 8, using the Files.walk
API:
final File folder = new File("/home/you/Desktop"); listFilesForFolder(folder); Files.walk API is available from Java 8. try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(Paths.get("/home/you/Desktop"))) { paths .filter(Files::isRegularFile) .forEach(System.out::println); }