The first task is to get a list of all the desired files in all of the subdirectories.
One option to do this is to use a "system" call to access the Operating System recursive directory search call. For example to get all ".m" files in "C:\Program Files\MATLAB" on Windows:
baseDir = 'C:\"Program Files"\MATLAB'
[status, list] = system(['dir/s/b ' baseDir '*.m']);
This produces a different output format than "dir" but it can be parsed to perform the same tasks.
Another option is to process the files in a directory hierarchy through the use of recursive functions. The general format is:
1) Call the recursive function with the name of a directory.
2) Use the "dir" function to obtain a listing of the directory.
3) Loop through the entries in the listing.
4) If an entry is a directory, then call the function recursively, passing the subdirectory's name as the directory to process.
5) If an entry is not a directory, then store the file path including filename.
Please find an example file in the MATLAB File Exchange submission "subdir":
Or the example file on the File Exchange "rdir":
Note that MathWorks does not guarantee or warrant the use or content of these submissions. Any questions, issues, or complaints should be directed to the contributing author.
Once a list of files has been gathered through one of these methods, the files can be processed.
