Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileFilter; import java.io.FilenameFilter; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File dir = new File("c:\\temp"); FilenameFilter filter = new FilenameFilter() { public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return !name.startsWith("."); } }; String[] children = dir.list(filter); } }