//: io/DirList.java // Display a directory listing using regular expressions. // {Args: "D.*\.java"} import java.util.regex.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class DirList { public static void main(String[] args) { File path = new File("."); String[] list; if(args.length == 0) list = path.list(); else list = path.list(new DirFilter(args[0])); Arrays.sort(list, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER); for(String dirItem : list) System.out.println(dirItem); } } class DirFilter implements FilenameFilter { private Pattern pattern; public DirFilter(String regex) { pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); } public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return pattern.matcher(name).matches(); } } /* Output: DirectoryDemo.java DirList.java DirList2.java DirList3.java *///:~