using System.IO;
class QueryContents
{
public static void Main()
{
// Modify this path as necessary.
string startFolder = @"c:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\";
// Take a snapshot of the file system.
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(startFolder);
// This method assumes that the application has discovery permissions
// for all folders under the specified path.
IEnumerable<System.IO.FileInfo> fileList = dir.GetFiles("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
string searchTerm = @"Visual Studio";
// Search the contents of each file.
// A regular expression created with the RegEx class
// could be used instead of the Contains method.
// queryMatchingFiles is an IEnumerable<string>.
var queryMatchingFiles =
from file in fileList
where file.Extension == ".htm"
let fileText = GetFileText(file.FullName)
where fileText.Contains(searchTerm)
select file.FullName;
// Execute the query.
Console.WriteLine("The term \"{0}\" was found in:", searchTerm);
foreach (string filename in queryMatchingFiles)
{
Console.WriteLine(filename);
}
// Keep the console window open in debug mode.
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Read the contents of the file.
static string GetFileText(string name)
{
string fileContents = String.Empty;
// If the file has been deleted since we took
// the snapshot, ignore it and return the empty string.
if (File.Exists(name))
{
fileContents = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(name);
}
return fileContents;
}
}