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    Search for previous file in data format yyymmdd

    Hi

    I have a directory where log txt files are logged. Each log file has the following title date format 20180114.log, which is yyymmdd.

    I want to search for data in the preceding file (date) so if the current date file is 20180114.log, I want to search the previous day 20180113.log, and then output the data i search for in anther text file.


    How do I achieve this in java? any code examples I can follow?

    I made a start by displaying the list of the files in the directory but could do with some help to achieve the above

    Code:
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        File currentDir = new File("\\\\directory Path"); // current directory
        displayDirectoryContents(currentDir);
    }
    
    public static void displayDirectoryContents(File dir) {
        try {
            File[] files = dir.listFiles();
            for (File file : files) {
                System.out.println(" file:" + file.getCanonicalPath());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    thanks in advance
    Last edited by 2kaud; January 16th, 2018 at 10:46 AM. Reason: Added code tags

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    Re: Search for previous file in data format yyymmdd

    [When posting code, please use code tags so that the code is readable. Go Advanced, select the formatted code and click '#']

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    Re: Search for previous file in data format yyymmdd

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