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Get all subdirectories matching a name

I am trying to get all subdirectories that have "messages_" in the name using FileUtils

Collection<File> filesToRead = FileUtils.listFiles(new File(fromDirectory),
        new DirectoryFileFilter() {
            @Override
            public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
                if (dir.isDirectory() && dir.getName().contains("messages_")){
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        }, TrueFileFilter.INSTANCE);

This is not working for me. How to achieve this using FileUtils?

Solution 
  • Collection<File> filesToRead = FileUtils.listFilesAndDirs(new File(fromDirectory),
        FalseFileFilter.INSTANCE, // exclude files
        new WildcardFileFilter("*messages_*") // folders filter
);