C# get file paths of just files with no extensions
c#, getfiles, path
Solution
This will help:
var filesWithoutExtension = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\temp\").Where(filPath => String.IsNullOrEmpty(System.IO.Path.GetExtension(filPath)));
foreach(string path in filesWithoutExtension)
{
Console.WriteLine(path);
}
It will return all the files w/o extension only in specified dir. If you want to include all the sub-directories you'd have to use: `System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\temp\", "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)`.
UPDATE As guys suggested, it's better to use `Directory.EnumerateFiles` because it consumes less ram.
Problem
I am wanting to get a string array of paths of files that do not have extensions. They are binary files with no extensions if that helps. For example, I am loading a group of file paths out of a folder `/test/` I want just the path and filenames that do not have a extension (so no `.txt`, no `.csv`, no `.*`) `/test/dontWant.txt` `/test/dontWant.csv` `/test/doWant` if i do: ``` String[] paths = Directory.GetFiles(fDir, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories); ``` I of course get everything in those directories. if I then try: ``` String[] paths= Directory.GetFiles(fDir, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories); ``` I will still get everything in that directory. Is there a way to just get the files of those that have no extension? using `"*."` did work, and I don't know why I didn't try that to start with. I should have been using `EnumerateFiles` to start with.