List files within a folder

Hi guys,

I am trying to list all the files i have inside a folder but i am having some difficulties. First of all, i listed the names of all the folders i have inside that directory. Now, i am trying to list the files within those folders. I used the code bellow but it´s not working :X

handles.diretorio='H:\Tese\ferramenta\excel\';
handles.lista=dir(fullfile(handles.diretorio));
handles.C=get(handles.popupmenu5,'String');
handles.C=handles.lista;
handles.listaC=dir(fullfile(strcat(handles.diretorio,handles.C)));

Can anyone help?

Inês

[Sean de Wolski]

Define "it's not working"

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You can use genpath(). That's what I do in my attached demo. It will recurse into all subfolders and find the names of all the files in all those folders.

[Inês Mendes]

can you give an example? i am not being able to use it!

i would be much appreciated!

[Image Analyst]

Try this code. I changed it a bit and it's attached again.

% Start with a folder and get a list of all subfolders.
% Finds and prints names of all files in 
% that folder and all of its subfolders.
% Similar to imageSet() function in the Computer Vision System Toolbox: http://www.mathworks.com/help/vision/ref/imageset-class.html
clc;    % Clear the command window.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;

% Define a starting folder.
start_path = fullfile(matlabroot, '\toolbox');
if ~exist(start_path, 'dir')
  start_path = matlabroot;
end
% Ask user to confirm or change.
uiwait(msgbox('Pick a starting folder on the next window that will come up.'));
topLevelFolder = uigetdir(start_path);
if topLevelFolder == 0
  return;
end
% Get list of all subfolders.
allSubFolders = genpath(topLevelFolder);
% Parse into a cell array.
remain = allSubFolders;
listOfFolderNames = {};
while true
  [singleSubFolder, remain] = strtok(remain, ';');
  if isempty(singleSubFolder)
    break;
  end
  listOfFolderNames = [listOfFolderNames singleSubFolder];
end
numberOfFolders = length(listOfFolderNames)

% Process all image files in those folders.
for k = 1 : numberOfFolders
  % Get this folder and print it out.
  thisFolder = listOfFolderNames{k};
  fprintf('Processing folder %s\n', thisFolder);
  
  % Get ALL files.
  filePattern = sprintf('%s/*.*', thisFolder);
  baseFileNames = dir(filePattern);
%   % Get m files.
%   filePattern = sprintf('%s/*.m', thisFolder);
%   baseFileNames = dir(filePattern);
%   % Add on FIG files.
%   filePattern = sprintf('%s/*.fig', thisFolder);
%   baseFileNames = [baseFileNames; dir(filePattern)];
  % Now we have a list of all files in this folder.
  
  numberOfImageFiles = length(baseFileNames);
  if numberOfImageFiles >= 1
    % Go through all those files.
    for f = 1 : numberOfImageFiles
      fullFileName = fullfile(thisFolder, baseFileNames(f).name);
      fprintf('     Processing file %s\n', fullFileName);
    end
  else
    fprintf('     Folder %s has no files in it.\n', thisFolder);
  end
end