From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-09-06T06:00:51+09:00
Subject: Re: simple get file by filename

On 9/5/07, eggie5 <eggie5@gmail.com> wrote:
> Consider this:
>
> I have a list of files that I get by calling:
>
>  Dir.entries("/")
>
> I just want to search this list and match the file name that matches
> 1_1.* ( i.e. the filename without the extension)
>
> So, for example, If the pattern to match against the list was
> "jpg_image." it should return the filename "jpg_image.jpg" (assuming
> the file exists).
>
> What's the most succinct way to do this in ruby?

Dir["/jpg_image.*"]