Store directory listing into loopable structure

Hello,

I am trying to collect the output of dir below into a folder/dataset/structure that I can loop through.

cd 'C:\Users\dbhadra\Desktop\MSD\Sensor Mixing\Pr14 Ryan Data\TC2\RT\Closed_Loop'
dir **/*RT06*.dat

The command line looks like

Files Found in: 211204-022539

2021-12-04T022539+0100_RT06_000_TC1.dat  

Files Found in: 211204-022844

2021-12-04T022844+0100_RT06_000_TC1.dat  

Files Found in: 211204-023148

2021-12-04T023148+0100_RT06_000_TC1.dat 

How do I collect these files into one structure that I can loop through?

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

The MATLAB approach:

P = 'C:\Users\dbhadra\Desktop\MSD\Sensor Mixing\Pr14 Ryan Data\TC2\RT\Closed_Loop';
S = dir(fullfile(P,'**','*RT06*.dat'))

S will be a structure of filenames and other file information.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/access-multiple-elements-of-a-nonscalar-struct-array.html

In general you should avoid command sytnax like you used, and prefer using function syntax like I showed:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/command-vs-function-syntax.html