Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FilenameFilter; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { File path = new File("."); String[] list; if (args.length == 0) list = path.list(); else list = path.list(new DirFilter(args[0])); Arrays.sort(list); for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) System.out.println(list[i]); } } class DirFilter implements FilenameFilter { private Pattern pattern; public DirFilter(String regex) { pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); } public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return pattern.matcher(new File(name).getName()).matches(); } }