input all files from a folder

[cknapp1]

Is there an easy way to create a loop that reads files until there are no more files in a given folder (without knowing the file names or how many are in the folder)? So maybe a program that would return the first line of each file. Also, is there a way to restrict the program to only consider *.html? Thanks

Chris

[helios]

There's no easy way to do it. How much complexity are you willing to add, and what system are you on?

[Csani]

i intrested in it too plz :) help i tryed to system(copy *.html c:\\here\\
but i dont know how to search and i dont know how can i "go" in 2 words folders cause he couldnt go in if i say to : copy c:\\one two\\ it doesnt know ?one two? cause of space

[Duthomhas]

If your compiler supports dirent POSIX calls, the following links may help

(Normal)
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/unices/12452/
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/unices/12452/#msg60107

(Sorted)
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/unices/3548/#msg15009

There is also the Boost Filesystem that can help you:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_43_0/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

Good luck!

[helios]

This is unrelated to traversing directories, but to pass arguments with special characters (such as spaces) in them, surround them with quotes. This works on any shell.