Searching for files using sub-directory wildcard (glob)

Question

I have a main configuration file config.yml.

In it, I would like to specify list of 'included' config files. The includes can be resolved using search patterns, which include wild cards.

For example:

includes: - /plugins/**/config.yml - /etc/**/config.yml

Currently, the only way to search for files in .net is by calling Directory.GetFile, but this method has to receive explicitly SearchOption whether to include all subdirectories or only the top one in the search.

It doesn't support "search all sub directories" (/**/) pattern.

Is there any simple way to achieve this?

The file pattern is called a “glob”. I would look into glob libraries that can do what you want. To my knowledge there is no such functionality in the core libraries. — Thorkil Holm-Jacobsen
– Thorkil Holm-Jacobsen, Commented Jun 2, 2019 at 8:35

Thorkil Holm-Jacobsen · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-04 12:07:16Z

The file pattern is called a “glob”. To my knowledge there is no functionality in the core libraries to handle globs. I would look for a third-party glob library.

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