How can I remove . and ..
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sad = dir('D:\Project\DB1\test\'); % Returns both folders and files
% sad = dir(pwd); % Returns both folders and files
cell_array_of_folder_names = {sad([sad.isdir]).name}; % Select folder names
% cell_array_of_folder_names( strncmp( cell_array_of_folder_names, ".", 1 ) ) = []; % Remove '.' and '..'
sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names = sort_nat( cell_array_of_folder_names );
% sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names = cell_array_of_folder_names; % if you don't have sort_nat
whos sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names
%----------------
[mp1, np] = size(sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names); % compute size = number of subfolders & files & . & ..
csf1=0; % counter of JUST subfolders found in PF
t=1;
Group_Test1 = zeros(1, mp1);
for i=1:mp1
% Skip . and ..
if endsWith(sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names{i}, '.') || endsWith(sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names{i}, '..')
% Skip . and ..
continue; % Skip to bottom of loop.
end
% Keep only folders:
csf1 = csf1 +1; % one sub folder found
SFN = sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names(i).name ;% extract his name
tifList = ls(sprintf('%s%s%s%s',PF,SFN,'\','*.tif')); % list all jpg files
[ms1, ns] = size(tifList); % ms = number of image files found
% Processing for each tif file:
for j=1:ms1
tifFileName = tifList(j,:); % extract name of tif file
% IM=imread([PF SFN '\' tifFileName]);
%t=1;
%for i=1:csf1
% for j=1:ms1
Group_Test1(t)={i};
t=t+1;
end
PF_SFN_imgName = sprintf('%s%s%s',PF,SFN,'\',tifFileName);
end
Group_Test1 = Group_Test1(1:t-1); % Crop off any unused elements
save('Group_Test','Group_Test1');
%----------------------
1 Comment
Stephen23
on 28 May 2021
Tip: use FULLFILE to join strings into one filepath, rather than SPRINTF or string concatenation.
Accepted Answer
Stephen23
on 28 May 2021
Replace
{sad([sad.isdir]).name}
with
setdiff({sad([sad.isdir]).name},{'..','.'})
17 Comments
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
Note that in theory using setdiff() like that could reorder the files. In practice it is unlikely to reorder the files (not impossible though.)
Stephen23
on 28 May 2021
Given that the order returned by DIR is not specified, I don't see how that makes much difference.
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
Replace
SFN = sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names(i).name ;% extract his name
with
SFN = sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names{i} ;% extract his name
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
In context the hypothetical reordering of setdiff() is irrelevant anyhow because the nat sort is done right afterwards ;-)
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
Do you still have
if endsWith(sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names{i}, '.') || endsWith(sorted_cell_array_of_folder_names{i}, '..')
if so then you can remove that test and the continue, since you already filtered out . and ..
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
I recommend that you rewrite
tifList = ls(sprintf('%s%s%s%s',PF,SFN,'\','*.tif')); % list all jpg files
in terms of dir() and fullfile()
I do not see where you have defined PF ?
Is there a reason you are not using
PF = 'D:\Project\DB1\test';
sad = dir(fullfile(PF, '*', '*.tif'));
cell_array_of_file_names = fullfile({sad.folder}, {sad.name});
and then cell_array_of_file_names would be the complete list of all .tif files that are one folder level down from DB1\test ?
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2021
[folders, basenames, ext] = fileparts(cell_array_of_file_names);
G = findgroups(folders);
[~, labels, ~] = fileparts(folders);
Now you for each entry cell_array_of_file_names{K} then its associated label is labels{K} and you can process all members of the same folder by processing
maxG = max(G);
for fidx = 1 : maxG
matches = find(G == fidx);
these_entries = cell_array_of_file_names(matches);
this_label = labels{matches(1)};
%these_entries is a cell array containing only file names
%that are all part of the same folder, and the folder name
%is in this_label
end
sun rise
on 28 May 2021
if ispc()
PF = fullfile('D:\Project\DB1\test\', '*', '*.tif');
else
%for demonstration purposes ONLY.
%MATLAB Answers does not have nat_sort installed, so install it
td = tempname;
mkdir(td);
tz = [td '.zip'];
urlwrite('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/mlc-downloads/downloads/submissions/10959/versions/4/download/zip/sort_nat.zip', tz);
unzip(tz, td)
addpath(td)
%now point us to a directory we know that some tif files are in
PF = fullfile( fileparts(fileparts(which('cameraman.tif'))), '**', '*.tif');
end
sad = dir(PF); % Returns files only
cell_array_of_file_names = fullfile({sad.folder}, {sad.name});
[folders, basenames, ext] = fileparts(cell_array_of_file_names);
G = findgroups(folders);
[~, labels, ~] = fileparts(folders);
Groups = struct();
maxG = max(G);
for fidx = 1 : maxG
matches = find(G == fidx);
these_entries = cell_array_of_file_names(matches);
these_entries = sort_nat( these_entries );
this_label = labels{matches(1)};
%these_entries is a cell array containing only file names
%that are all part of the same folder, and the folder name
%is in this_label
Groups.(this_label) = these_entries;
end
Groups
Groups.(this_label).'
sun rise
on 31 May 2021
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