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file.Find#547415
<function name="Find" parent="file" type="libraryfunc">
<description>Returns a list of files and directories inside a single folder.</description>
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>
<args>
<arg name="name" type="string">The wildcard to search for. `models/*.mdl` will list **.mdl** files in the `models/` folder.</arg>⤶
<arg name="name" type="string">The wildcard to search for. `models/*.mdl` will list **.mdl** files in the `models/` folder.⤶
<bug issue="5306">If you use a wildcard, it won't return any folders</bug></arg>⤶
<arg name="path" type="string">The path to look for the files and directories in. See <page text="this list">File_Search_Paths</page> for a list of valid paths.</arg>
<arg name="sorting" type="string" default="nameasc">The sorting to be used, **optional**.
* `nameasc` sort the files ascending by name.
* `namedesc` sort the files descending by name.
* `dateasc` sort the files ascending by date.
* `datedesc` sort the files descending by date.
⤶
<bug issue="5250">This argument is automatically enforced to `nameasc` when the path argument is set to `LUA`. **This is fixed in the next update**.</bug>⤶
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<bug issue="5250">This argument is automatically enforced to `nameasc` when the path argument is set to `LUA`. **This is fixed in the next update**.</bug>⤶
</arg>
</args>
<rets>
<ret name="" type="table">A table of found files, or `nil` if the path is invalid</ret>
<ret name="" type="table">A table of found directories, or `nil` if the path is invalid</ret>
</rets>
</function>
<example>
<description>Prints the first file and the first directory in the `data` folder.</description>
<code>
local files, directories = file.Find( "*", "DATA" )
print( "File: " .. files[1], "Folder: " .. directories[1] )
</code>
<output>
```
File: helloworld.txt
Folder: ctp
```
</output>
</example>