filter_files

Filters a character vector of file paths using a user-defined pattern and additional
content-based criteria to ensure only likely text files are retained.
This function applies multiple filters:<ul>
<li>A regex-based path filter (if provided).</li>
<li>Exclusion of files located within <code>.git</code> folders.</li>
<li>Exclusion of files with known binary or non-text extensions.</li>
<li>A fallback scan for embedded null bytes to detect binary content in ambiguous files.</li>
</ul>The function returns a filtered character vector of file paths likely to be valid text files.

internal

Provides a simple interface to recursively list files from a
directory, filter them using a regular expression, read their
contents, and extract lines that match a user-defined pattern. The
package returns a dataframe containing the matched lines, their
line numbers, file paths, and the corresponding matched substrings.
Designed for quick code base exploration, log inspection, or any use
case involving pattern-based file and line filtering.

Sacha Martingay

seekr

Extract Matching Lines from Matching Files

filter_files function

<dl><dt>files</dt>
<dd>A character vector of files to search (only for <code>seek_in()</code>).</dd>
<dt>filter</dt>
<dd>Optional. A regular expression pattern used to filter file paths
before reading. If <code>NULL</code>, all text files are considered.</dd>
<dt>negate</dt>
<dd>Logical. If <code>TRUE</code>, files matching the <code>filter</code> pattern are excluded
instead of included. Useful to skip files based on name or extension.</dd>
<dt>n</dt>
<dd>The number of bytes to read for binary detection in files with unknown extensions. Defaults to 1000.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Filter Files by Pattern and Content Type — filter_files

<dl>

<dt>files</dt>
<dd>A character vector of files to search (only for <code>seek_in()</code>).</dd>


<dt>filter</dt>
<dd>Optional. A regular expression pattern used to filter file paths
before reading. If <code>NULL</code>, all text files are considered.</dd>


<dt>negate</dt>
<dd>Logical. If <code>TRUE</code>, files matching the <code>filter</code> pattern are excluded
instead of included. Useful to skip files based on name or extension.</dd>


<dt>n</dt>
<dd>The number of bytes to read for binary detection in files with unknown extensions. Defaults to 1000.</dd>

</dl>

filter_files: Filter Files by Pattern and Content Type

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