Search for a specific file in a parallel folder in Matlab

Hello everyone,

my desired function is to automate my scripts which are placed in different parallel folders (all folders in one parent folder). I have one folder where all the data files should be stored (6_Data). In this folder there are a lot of folders with different data files. The names of the data files are always structured like date_time_"customname". The customname is always known in the different scripts but the date and the time are not.

So is there a way to search in the 6_Data folder for the folder with the specific "customname"?

Here is the structure of parent folder (schematic)

Parent folder

1_Scriptfolder

- Script1.m

2_Scriptfolder

- Script2.m

3_Scriptfolder

4_Scriptfolder

5_Scriptfolder

6_Data

date_time_"customname1"

Datafile1.mat

Datafile2.mat

date_time_"customname2"

...

Answer 1

[Florian Bidaud]

If the customnames are unique, you can use:

your_path = 'C:\...\6_Data';
custoname = 'customname1';
folders = dir(your_path);
for i = 1:length(folders)
    if contains(folders(i).name,customname)
        folder_path = fullfile(your_path,folders(i).name);
        break
    end
end

[Oliver Klein]

Super vielen Dank