How to Find Files in Subfolders

[nacerbaaziz]

hello dears
First I would like to apologize to you for my many questions.
I have a new question if you allow
I am programming an audio player for blinds
I had a problem
I put an option in the folders context menu to Opens the audio files that in the selected folder
I did not know how to make the Autoit Search the subfolders
Please provide an example of how to search for  files in the subfolders
Let's say, for example, MP3 files
Just give me a simple example and I will try to modify it as appropriate for the program I designing it
Please help me to find the solution
Thanks in advance

[JLogan3o13]

@nacerbaaziz It would help a lot if you would post your code in the future, rather than asking us to guess. If you want to search subfolders, look at _FileListToArrayRec() in the help file.

[nacerbaaziz]

Hello again
Dear I tried to explain what I want in detail
Because I have no idea how to do it
I tried a lot but i did not succeed
I only knew how to search in one folder
But I did not know how to search subfolders that branch out from an original folder
for that  I asked for your help
If you want the code you typed to search in one folder
Here is the code
local $dir = $fileOpen & "\"
$pos = 0

GUICtrlSetData($list, "")
dirAdd($dir)
_GUICtrlListBox_SetCurSel($list, 0)
func dirAdd($dir = $dir)
    _GUICtrlListBox_BeginUpdate($List)
    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.mp3")
    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.wav")
    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.ogg")
    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.mp1")
    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.mp2")

    _GUICtrlListBox_Dir($List, $dir & "\*.men")

    _GUICtrlListBox_endUpdate($List)
for $i = 0 to _GUICtrlListBox_GetCount($list)-1
$text = _GUICtrlListBox_GetText($list, $i)
    _GUICtrlListBox_ReplaceString($list, $i, $text & ": " & $dir & $text)
next
_GUICtrlListBox_SelectString($list, _GetFileName($file) & ": " & $file)
endFunc

I hope you can help me

[ViciousXUSMC]

My personal favorite way to search recursively: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_FileListToArrayRec.htm

 

[JLogan3o13]

2 hours ago, nacerbaaziz said:

I hope you can help me

Did you look at _FileListToArrayRec in the help file as now two people have suggested?

[nacerbaaziz]

I tried it
I have a problem
I did not know how to use it if there were multiple subfolders
For example a main folder and then a first subfolder with other subfolders inside it

Is there a simple suggestion or example to do this

[Earthshine]

so you tried the code, straight from the help file, and it did not find all the files in subfolders? really? it works for me.

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#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $sAutoItDir = StringLeft(@AutoItExe, StringInStr(@AutoItExe, "\", Default, -1))
    If StringRight($sAutoItDir, 5) = "beta\" Then
        $sAutoItDir = StringTrimRight($sAutoItDir, 5)
    EndIf
    ConsoleWrite($sAutoItDir & @CRLF)

    ; A sorted list of all files and folders in the AutoIt installation
    Local $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Sorted tree")

    ; And now ignoring the "Include" folder
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*||include", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "No 'Include' folder")

    ; A sorted list of all but the .exe files in the \AutoIt3 folder
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*|*.exe", $FLTAR_FILES, $FLTAR_NORECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Non .EXE files")

    ; And here are the .exe files we left out last time
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*.exe", $FLTAR_FILES)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, ".EXE Files")

    ; A test for all folders and .exe files only throughout the folder tree, omitting folders beginning with I (Icons and Include)
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*.exe||i*", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Recur with filter")

    ; Look for icon files - but exlude the "Icons" folder
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*.ico||ic*", $FLTAR_FILES, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    If @error Then
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Ooops!", "No ico files found")
    Else
        _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Icon files not in 'Icons' folder")
    EndIf

    ; And to show that the filter applies to files AND folders when not recursive
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*.exe", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_NORECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Non-recur with filter")

    ; The filter also applies to folders when recursively searching for folders
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "Icons", $FLTAR_FOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Folder recur with filter")

    ; Note the exlude_folder parameter is ignored when looking for folders - "Icons" will be excluded but "Include" will still be there
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*|ic*|i*", $FLTAR_FOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "'Icons' out - 'Include' in")

    ; The root of C:\Windows showing hidden/system folders
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec("C:\Windows\", "*", $FLTAR_FOLDERS)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Show hidden folders")

    ; The root of C:\Windows omitting hidden/system folders
    $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec("C:\Windows\", "*", $FLTAR_FOLDERS + $FLTAR_NOHIDDEN + $FLTAR_NOSYSTEM)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Hide hidden folders")
EndFunc   ;==>Example

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Earthshine

[nacerbaaziz]

please
Can be more simplistic
Because I did not understand well

I apologize for my foolishness

[Earthshine]

i posted code you can copy and run. That code is out of the help file and demonstrates all the different ways you can use this function to include or exclude things and to search recursively.

study the code. I can't make you understand it.

#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $sAutoItDir = StringLeft(@AutoItExe, StringInStr(@AutoItExe, "\", Default, -1))
    If StringRight($sAutoItDir, 5) = "beta\" Then
        $sAutoItDir = StringTrimRight($sAutoItDir, 5)
    EndIf
    ConsoleWrite($sAutoItDir & @CRLF)
; A sorted list of all files and folders in the AutoIt installation
    Local $aArray = _FileListToArrayRec($sAutoItDir, "*", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
    _ArrayDisplay($aArray, "Sorted tree")
EndFunc

the _ArrayDislplay call displays all the files under all the folders. after you have the array, (you do not need to display it) you can programatically get to each file from that list if you wish. whatever you need to do.

Edited February 6, 2018 by Earthshine

[JLogan3o13]

@nacerbaaziz people are only going to hold your hand to much around here. You should know by now that expecting people to do everything for you because you "just don't understand" is not going to work. Read the content in the help file and try it for yourself. I guarantee you have not done this yet, as the code in the help file example works just fine.

Come back after you have put in some effort on your own.

[nacerbaaziz]

Hello again
I tried a lot
I found the search method in the first subfolders
But I did not know how to search folders that branch out from subfolders
Is there a way to do this
This is the code that I've tried
#include <Array.au3> ; Only required to display the arrays
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <file.au3>
local $files, $next
local $folder = FileSelectFolder("please select a folder", "")
$files = FileFindFirstFile($folder & "\*.mp3")
while 1
$next = FileFindnextFile($files)
if @error then exitLoop
fileWrite(@scriptDir & "\files.txt", $folder & "\" & $next & @crlf)
WEnd
    Local $aArray = _fileListToArrayRec($folder, "*", $FLTAR_FOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)
for $i = 1 to $aArray [0]
$files = FileFindFirstFile($folder & "\" & $aArray [$i] & "\*.mp3")
while 1
$next = FileFindnextFile($files)
if @error then exitLoop
fileWrite(@scriptDir & "\files.txt", $folder & "\" & $aArray[$i] & "\" & $next & @crlf)
WEnd
next
exit

Please help me
Thanks in advance