R: Finds one or several files in multiple directories

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## Finds one or several files in multiple directories

### Description

Finds one or several files in multiple directories.

### Usage

    ## Default S3 method:
    findFiles(pattern=NULL, paths=NULL, recursive=FALSE, firstOnly=TRUE, allFiles=TRUE, ...)

### Arguments

`pattern` | A regular expression file name pattern to match.
`paths` | A `character` `vector` of paths to be searched.
`recursive` | If `TRUE`, subdirectories are recursively processed, and not if `FALSE`. Alternatively, the maximum recursive depth can be specified as a non-negative `numeric`, where `FALSE` corresponds to `0L` depth and `TRUE` corresponds `+Inf` depth.
`firstOnly` | If `TRUE`, the method returns as soon as a matching file is found, otherwise not.
`allFiles` | If `FALSE`, files and directories starting with a period will be skipped, otherwise not.
`...` | Arguments passed to `list.files`().

### Value

Returns a `vector` of the full pathnames of the files found.

### Search path

The `paths` argument may also contain paths specified as semi-colon (`";"`) separated paths, e.g. `"/usr/;usr/bin/;.;"`.

### Recursive searching

Recursive searching of directory structure is done breath-first in a lexicographic order.

### Windows Shortcut links

Windows Shortcut links (*.lnk) are recognized and can be used to imitate links to directories elsewhere. For more details, see `filePath`().

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]