I'm looking to search a folder for a keyword term 'fuel', to pull information from returned files into a 'data' sheet.
For instance, I have a folder week numbers (1 - 52 cross the year so in the new year this will contain one folder but will build as the year goes on).
I search this folder for all .doc files contains the word 'fuel'.
You can do this via a Windows search by typing "fuel" in the search function in the top corner and it will display all filenames and all files that contains the word 'fuel'.
I have this for searching for a file that has 'fuel' in its name, but not inside it.
Sub LoopThroughFiles()
Dim MyObj As Object, MySource As Object, file As Variant
file = Dir("c:\testfolder\")
While (file <> "")
If InStr(file, "fuel") > 0 Then
MsgBox "found " & file
Exit Sub
End If
file = Dir
Wend
End Sub
It isn't particularly pretty, but think something like this should work:
Sub loopThroughFiles()
Dim file As String
file = FindFiles("C:\TestFolder", "fuel")
If (file <> "") Then MsgBox file
End Sub
Function FindFiles(ByVal path As String, ByVal target As String) As String
' Run The Sheell Command And Get Output
Dim files As String
Dim lines
files = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Exec("FIND """ & target & """ """ & path & "\*.*""").StdOut.ReadAll
lines = Split(files, vbCrLf)
' Look for matching files
Dim curFile As String
Dim line
For Each line In lines
If (Left(line, 11) = "---------- ") Then
curFile = Mid(line, 12)
End If
If (line = target) Then
FindFiles = curFile
Exit Function
End If
Next
FindFiles = ""
End Function
Uses the FIND command line and then reads the output (hence needing to use Wscript.Shell) and returns first match, or empty string if no file is found
Following @BLUEPIXY's command FINDSTR /M the function can be replaced by:
Function FindFiles(ByVal path As String, ByVal target As String) As String
' Run The Shell Command And Get Output
Dim files As String
files = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Exec("FINDSTR /M """ & target & """ """ & path & "\*.*""").StdOut.ReadAll
FindFiles = ""
If (files <> "") Then
Dim idx As Integer
idx = InStr(files, vbCrLf)
FindFiles = Left(files, idx - 1)
End If
End Function
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