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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 4ff6269004..6f13b34876 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -6689,6 +6689,33 @@ range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) *range()* range(0) " [] range(2, 0) " error! < + *readdir()* +readdir({directory} [, {expr}]) + Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}. + + When {expr} is omitted all entries are included. + When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do: + If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will + be handled. + If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be + added to the list. + If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added + to the list. + Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to the entry name. + When {expr} is a function the name is passed as the argument. + For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": > + readdir(dirname, {n -> n =~ '.txt$'}) +< To skip hidden and backup files: > + readdir(dirname, {n -> n !~ '^\.\|\~$'}) + +< If you want to get a directory tree: > + function! s:tree(dir) + return {a:dir : map(readdir(a:dir), + \ {_, x -> isdirectory(x) ? + \ {x : s:tree(a:dir . '/' . x)} : x})} + endfunction + echo s:tree(".") +< *readfile()* readfile({fname} [, {binary} [, {max}]]) Read file {fname} and return a |List|, each line of the file @@ -6720,17 +6747,6 @@ readfile({fname} [, {binary} [, {max}]]) the result is an empty list. Also see |writefile()|. - *readdir()* -readdir({directory} [, {expr}]) - Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}. - You can also use |glob()| if you don't need to do complicated - things, such as limiting the number of matches. - - When {expr} is omitted all entries are included. - When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do: - If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will - be handled. - reg_executing() *reg_executing()* Returns the single letter name of the register being executed. Returns an empty string when no register is being executed. |