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PrefixFileFilter filters the files which are based on prefix.
Class Declaration
Following is the declaration for org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.PrefixFileFilter Class −
public class PrefixFileFilter extends AbstractFileFilter implements Serializable
Example of PrefixFileFilter Class
Here is the input file we need to parse −
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Let”s print all files and directories in the current directory and then, filter a file with name starting with input.
IOTester.java
import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.PrefixFileFilter; public class IOTester { public static void main(String[] args) { try { usingPrefixFileFilter(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } } public static void usingPrefixFileFilter() throws IOException { //get the current directory File currentDirectory = new File("."); //get names of all files and directory in current directory String[] files = currentDirectory.list(); System.out.println("All files and Folders.n"); for( int i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ) { System.out.println(files[i]); } System.out.println("nFile starting with inputn"); String[] filesNames = currentDirectory.list( new PrefixFileFilter("input") ); for( int i = 0; i < filesNames.length; i++ ) { System.out.println(filesNames[i]); } } }
Output
It will print the following result −
All files and Folders. .classpath .project .settings bin input.txt src File with extenstion txt input.txt
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