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Question

I want to list all files in a directory that met certain conditions (date and currency). So with only one condition the argument pattern in list.files works well:

    file.ls <- list.files(path='~/DATA/PiP/Curvas/',pattern='20130801')

For multiple conditions I've tried:

    file.ls <- list.files(path='~/DATA/PiP/Curvas/',pattern=c('20130801','USD'))

But had the same result as the first one. Is there a way to have multiple criteria in pattern argument of list.files?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18028225/r-list-files-with-multiple-conditions

Answer 1

file.ls <- list.files(path='~/DATA/PiP/Curvas/',pattern="20130801|USD")