file exists by file name pattern

Question

I am using:

File.Exists(filepath) 

What I would like to do is swop this out for a pattern, because the first part of the filename changes.

For example: the file could be

01_peach.xml 02_peach.xml 03_peach.xml 

How can I check if the file exists based on some kind of search pattern?

Answer 1

You can do a directory list with a pattern to check for files

string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, "*_peach.xml", System.IO.SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly); if (files.Length > 0) {     //file exist }