FindInFiles

Returns a collection of strings representing the names of files containing the specified text.

Syntax

FileSystem.FindInFiles(Directory, ContainsText, IgnoreCase, SearchOption)

FileSystem.FindInFiles(Directory, ContainsText, IgnoreCase, SearchOption, FileWildCard [, FileWildCard...])

Parameters

	Directory	String, input
		The directory to be searched.
	ContainsText	String, input
		The search text.
	IgnoreCase	Boolean, input
		True if the search should be case-sensitive, otherwise False. Default is True.
	SearchOption	Enumeration, input
		Whether to include subfolders. Default is SearchTopLevelOnly.
	FileWildCards	String(s), input
		One or more patterns to be matched.

Remarks

	SearchOption
	SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories	Search the specified directory and all subdirectories within it. Default.
	SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly	Search only the specified directory and exclude subdirectories.

Example

This example searches the specified directory for all files with .txt or .bat extensions containing the string "test" and displays the results in a message box:

Sub Main()

list = FileSystem.FindInFiles("C:\Users\Public\My Directory\", "test", True, SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*.txt", "*.bat")

For Each name In list

MsgBox name

End Sub