From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2007-10-02T22:50:08+09:00
Subject: Re: finding files with regular expressions

On Oct 2, 6:17 am, Remco Hh <re...@huijdts.nl> wrote:
> I want to search in a directory for files, matching a certain regular
> expression. The script should not return true or false, but should give
> me a list (array) of filenames which are found.

Sorry, I just re-read your request and saw your desire for an array of
filenames. How about this:

Slim2:/usr/local/bin phrogz$ irb
irb(main):001:0> Dir[ '*' ]
=> ["erb", "fastri-server", "findfile", "fri", "gem", "gem_mirror",
"gem_server", "gemlock", "gemri", "gemwhich", "gpgen",
"index_gem_repository.rb", "irb", "lua", "luac", "mate",
"mongrel_rails", "p4", "p4d", "qri", "rails", "rake", "rdoc", "rdoc-
osa", "ri", "ri-emacs", "rot13", "ruby", "sql", "sqlite3", "svn",
"svnadmin", "svndumpfilter", "svnlook", "svnserve", "svnsync",
"svnversion", "swig", "testrb", "update_rubygems"]

irb(main):002:0> Dir[ '*' ].grep /\d$/
=> ["p4", "rot13", "sqlite3"]

You could use Dir.chdir to pick a working directory if you like.