Find file with Name and Extension

Question

I want to find a file that has .pdf extension and I want to find with name too. For example I have filename = "Work.pdf". I want to write a method that could find with name. Is there any builtin method for this?

string fileName = "Work.pdf"
string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\Files", "*.pdf");
// string myWorkPdfFile = files.Where() //search the files with fileName

`string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\Files", "Work.pdf");` — Dmitry Bychenko, Oct 03 '18 at 13:47
@DmitryBychenko I want to make it dynamic, where i can pick files from particular `fileName` — Huma Ali, Oct 03 '18 at 13:48
`OpenFileDialog` https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11624298/how-to-use-openfiledialog-to-select-a-folder ? — Rand Random, Oct 03 '18 at 13:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '18 at 13:49

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You can try to pass fileName value be second parameter.

string fileName = "Work.pdf";
string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Files", fileName);

answered Oct 03 '18 at 13:49

D-Shih

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Shouldnt `fileName` not be `*Work.pdf` - or anything with a wildcard since your code is basically only searching for `C:\Files\Work.pdf` and this one only - so he could just simply do `var file = @"C:\Files\Work.pdf"` without "searching" it with `Directory.GetFiles()` – Rand Random Oct 03 '18 at 13:56

Find file with Name and Extension

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