Fastest way to list a file in a folder containing 800,000 files using wildcard
Hi,
I have a directory with possibly around 800,000 files in it.
What is the fastest way to list file(s) in this directory with a wildcard.
for example would
or
be the fastest way to find all of the files that end with .abcdefg.Z in this directory with 800,000 files in it.
Any help or sugestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thx
Jerardfjay
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
curlopt_fnmatch_function
CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION(3)NAME
CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION - wildcard matching function callback
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
int fnmatch_callback(void *ptr,
const char *pattern,
const char *string);
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION,
fnmatch_callback);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype shown above.
This callback is used for wildcard matching.
Return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH if pattern matches the string, CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH if not or CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_FAIL if an error occurred.
DEFAULT
NULL == an internal function for wildcard matching.
PROTOCOLS
FTP
EXAMPLE
TODO
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.21.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
SEE ALSO CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3),
libcurl 7.54.0 February 03, 2016 CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION(3)