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List files in a directory

Source: R/other_functions.R
listfiles.Rd

This function lets the user list all files on a given directory. It also lets filter files which contains a string.

Usage

listfiles(folder = getwd(), recursive = TRUE, regex = NA, images = FALSE)

Arguments

folder

Character. Directory which contains files

recursive

Boolean. Should the listing recurse into directories?

regex

Character. String to use for filtering files

images

Boolean. Bring only image files?

Value

data.frame with relevant data for each file on folder directory.

See also

Other Tools: autoline(), bind_files(), bring_api(), chr2num(), db_download(), db_upload(), dont_sleep(), export_plot(), export_results(), files_functions(), font_exists(), formatColoured(), formatHTML(), glued(), grepm(), h2o_selectmodel(), haveInternet(), image_metadata(), importxlsx(), ip_data(), json2vector(), list_cats(), mail_send(), markdown2df(), move_files(), msplit(), myip(), quiet(), read.file(), statusbar(), tic(), try_require(), updateLares(), warnifnot(), what_size()

Examples

# All files in current directory (without recursive files)
df <- listfiles(recursive = TRUE)
head(df, 3)
#>            filename size isdir mode               mtime               ctime
#> 1          ROC.html   16 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:50:57 2025-11-05 18:50:57
#> 2     autoline.html   20 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:50:57 2025-11-05 18:50:57
#> 3 balance_data.html    9 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:50:57 2025-11-05 18:50:57
#>                 atime  uid  gid  uname grname
#> 1 2025-11-05 18:50:57 1001 1001 runner runner
#> 2 2025-11-05 18:50:57 1001 1001 runner runner
#> 3 2025-11-05 18:50:57 1001 1001 runner runner

# All files in current directory (with recursive files)
df <- listfiles(recursive = TRUE)
tail(df, 3)
#>            filename size isdir mode               mtime               ctime
#> 128 lasso_vars.html   11 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:51:38 2025-11-05 18:51:38
#> 129 left_right.html    7 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:51:38 2025-11-05 18:51:38
#> 130  list_cats.html   11 FALSE  644 2025-11-05 18:51:38 2025-11-05 18:51:38
#>                   atime  uid  gid  uname grname
#> 128 2025-11-05 18:51:38 1001 1001 runner runner
#> 129 2025-11-05 18:51:38 1001 1001 runner runner
#> 130 2025-11-05 18:51:38 1001 1001 runner runner

# Check R files using regex
df <- listfiles(regex = "\\.R$")