Get all the files that matches a wildcard pattern, eg. (*.tmp)

   
 

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
    private static bool hasWildCards(string file)
    {
      return file.IndexOf("*") > -1;
    }

        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
    /// Get all the files that matches a wildcard pattern, eg. (*.tmp)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="pathPattern">Wildcard pattern to search, eg. (Profile*.doc)</param>
    /// <returns>an array of FileInfo objects that results from the wildcard pattern file search</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
    public static FileInfo[] GetFilesMatchWildCard(string pathPattern)
    {
      FileInfo[] files = new FileInfo[0];
      if (hasWildCards(pathPattern))
      {
        string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(pathPattern);
        DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
        string pattern = Path.GetFileName(pathPattern);
        if (info.Exists)
          files = info.GetFiles(pattern);
      }
      else
      {
        files = new FileInfo[] {new FileInfo(pathPattern.Trim())};
      }
      return files;
    }
    }
}