Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.DirectoryIteratorException; import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream; import java.nio.file.FileSystems; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.PathMatcher; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { Path directory = Paths.get("C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0/bin"); PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:java?.exe"); try (DirectoryStream<Path> directoryStream = Files.newDirectoryStream(directory, "java*.exe")) { for (Path file : directoryStream) { if (pathMatcher.matches(file.getFileName())) { System.out.println(file.getFileName()); } } } catch (IOException | DirectoryIteratorException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }