Golang : Search folders for file recursively with wildcard support
Ok, here is an example on how to search for a file starting from a target directory and recursively search all its sub-directories. It is pretty similar to https://www.socketloop.com/tutorials/linux-mac-os-x-search-for-files-by-filename-and-extension-with-find-command, but implemented in Golang instead of relying on combination of command line tools.
It supports wildcard search for the filename and perform simple sanity checks on the given search parameters.
Here you go!
NOTES:
If you try to execute ./findFileRecursively ./ *.go
but keep getting the USAGE prompt. Escape the asterisk *
first with \
or /
(Windows) - ./findFileRecursively ./ \*.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
)
var (
targetFolder string
targetFile string
searchResult []string
)
func findFile(path string, fileInfo os.FileInfo, err error) error {
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return nil
}
// get absolute path of the folder that we are searching
absolute, err := filepath.Abs(path)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return nil
}
if fileInfo.IsDir() {
fmt.Println("Searching directory ... ", absolute)
// correct permission to scan folder?
testDir, err := os.Open(absolute)
if err != nil {
if os.IsPermission(err) {
fmt.Println("No permission to scan ... ", absolute)
fmt.Println(err)
}
}
testDir.Close()
return nil
} else {
// ok, we are dealing with a file
// is this the target file?
// yes, need to support wildcard search as well
// https://www.socketloop.com/tutorials/golang-match-strings-by-wildcard-patterns-with-filepath-match-function
matched, err := filepath.Match(targetFile, fileInfo.Name())
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
if matched {
// yes, add into our search result
add := "Found : " + absolute
searchResult = append(searchResult, add)
}
}
return nil
}
func main() {
if len(os.Args) != 3 {
fmt.Printf("USAGE : %s <target_directory> <target_file> \n", os.Args[0])
os.Exit(0)
}
targetFolder = os.Args[1]
targetFile = os.Args[2]
fmt.Println("Searching for [", targetFile, "]")
fmt.Println("Starting from directory [", targetFolder, "]")
// sanity check
testFile, err := os.Open(targetFolder)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(-1)
}
defer testFile.Close()
testFileInfo, _ := testFile.Stat()
if !testFileInfo.IsDir() {
fmt.Println(targetFolder, " is not a directory!")
os.Exit(-1)
}
err = filepath.Walk(targetFolder, findFile)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(-1)
}
// display our search result
fmt.Println("\n\nFound ", len(searchResult), " hits!")
fmt.Println("@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@")
for _, v := range searchResult {
fmt.Println(v)
}
}
Sample output for ./findFileRecursively ./ *main.go
Searching for [ *main.go ]
Starting from directory [ ./ ]
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.Trash
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.atom
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.atom/.apm
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.atom/blob-store
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.atom/compile-cache
Searching directory ... /Users/sweetlogic/.atom/compile-cache/coffee
...
Found 103 hits!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Found : /Users/sweetlogic/.go/src/HelloGoglandNonSingle/main.go
Found : /Users/sweetlogic/.go/src/github.com/golang/freetype/example/truetype/main.go
Found : /Users/sweetlogic/.go/src/github.com/golang/lint/testdata/blank-import-main.go
...
Happy coding!
References:
https://www.socketloop.com/tutorials/golang-find-files-by-extension
See also : Linux/MacOSX : Search for files by filename and extension with find command
By Adam Ng
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