How do you filter Ruby Find.find() results?

Question

Find.find("d") {|path| puts path}

I want to exclude certain type of files, say *.gif and directories.

PS: I can always add code inside my block to check for the file name and directory type, but I want find itself to filter files for me.

Answer 1

I don't think you can tell find to do that.You could try using Dir#[], which accepts file globs. If you are looking for particular types of files, or files that can be filtered with the file glob pattern language, it may be a better fit.

eg

Dir["dir/**/*.{xml,png,css,html}"]

would find all the xml, png, css, and html files under the directory d.

Check out the docs for more info.