Is there any better file search algorithm than recursion?

Question

I have used recursion to search for particular type of file (for example .pdf files is used here). My recursion algorithm searches for all subfolder. However I found that it lacks performance when there is too many sub-folder. sub-sub-folder, sub-sub-sub-folder. I want to know if there is better algorithm for file searching.

Below is my recursion code for file searching. I have used .pdf file as an example

import java.io.File;
public class FInd {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        File f = new File("D:/");
        find(f);    
    }
    public static void find(File f){    
        File []list = f.listFiles();
        try{
            for(int i=0;i<list.length && list.length>0;i++){    
                if(list[i].isFile() && (list[i].getName().contains(".pdf")) ||
                        list[i].getName().contains(".PDF"))
                    System.out.println(list[i].getAbsolutePath());
                if(list[i].isDirectory()) find(list[i]);
            }
        }catch(Exception e){    
        }
    }
}

This code is somewhat faster or equal to when compared to search option in file explorer. I want to know any faster algorithm than this

Answer 1

try the iterative way

public class Find {
public static void main(String[] args) {

  File f = new File("D:/");

  Stack stack = new Stack<File>();

  stack.push(f);

  while (!stack.empty())
  {    
      f = (File) stack.pop();
      File []list = f.listFiles();
      try{
          for(int i=0;i<list.length && list.length>0;i++){    
              if(list[i].isFile() && (list[i].getName().contains(".pdf")) ||
                      list[i].getName().contains(".PDF"))
                  System.out.println(list[i].getAbsolutePath());
              if(list[i].isDirectory()) stack.push(list[i]);
          }
      }catch(Exception e){    
  }
}