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Read multiple text files in a folder

I have a folder with files, for example:
123.psd
12345.psd
123456.psd
etc, i want to scrape all the names inside the folder into a TXT file
how do i do that?
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension:

Dim filesNames = From path In IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles("C:\Temp")
                 Select IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path)
IO.File.WriteAllLines("C:\Filenames.txt", filesNames)

Edit: Here’s a version that works also in .NET 3.5:

Dim filesNames = From path In IO.Directory.GetFileSystemEntries("C:\Temp")
         Select IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path)
IO.File.WriteAllLines("C:\Filenames.txt", filesNames.ToArray)

and this works even in .NET 2:

Dim filesNames = IO.Directory.GetFileSystemEntries("C:\Temp")
Dim fileNamesWithoutExtension(filesNames.Length - 1) As String
For i = 0 To filesNames.Length - 1
    fileNamesWithoutExtension(i) = IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filesNames(i))
Next
IO.File.WriteAllLines("C:\Filenames.txt", fileNamesWithoutExtension)