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something faster than file_search ? [message #93664]

Mon, 26 September 2016 08:25

Markus Schmassmann
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Registered: April 2016

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is there a faster command than

files=file_search('<searchTerm>')

other than

spawn, 'ls -1 <searchTerm>', files

preferentially one that is portable across different OS?

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Re: something faster than file_search ? [message #93665 is a reply to message #93664]

Mon, 26 September 2016 10:13

wlandsman
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Registered: June 2000

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You could use David Fanning's listfiles.pro
http://www.idlcoyote.com/code_tips/fastsearch.php

Last year I wrote a plea for Harris Geospatial to improve the performance of file_search() on Windows machines... ---Wayne

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/file_search$20wayne /comp.lang.idl-pvwave/ABttLQ5NHHU/xgSFcodk4N0J

On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 11:25:23 AM UTC-4, Markus Schmassmann wrote:
> is there a faster command than
>
> files=file_search('<searchTerm>')
>
> other than
>
> spawn, 'ls -1 <searchTerm>', files
>
> preferentially one that is portable across different OS?

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