2008/8/18 Kurapati, Ravichandra (Ravichandra) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dir<-"/var/www/html/celnet/users/cxadmin/FlowDuration_DataVolume/fld_01_ > 08_18_08" > > There will be pdf and/or csv files.
> > I want to know how many *.pdf files are there in that > directory. > How can I get using R commands. > length(list.files(Dir,pattern="\\.pdf$")) Note that pattern is a regexp matching .pdf at the end of a string, not a glob ("*.pdf"). You could use Sys.glob, but list.files looks easier. Barry ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.