Ruby program to get the list of filenames matching the specified wild card pattern

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will get the list of filenames matching the specified wild card pattern and print the result.

Program/Source Code

The source code to get the list of filenames matching the specified wild card pattern is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.

# Ruby program to get the list of filenames 
# matching the specified wild card pattern

filenames = Dir::entries("MyDir");
puts "All Filenames: ",filenames;

filenames = Dir::glob("MyDir/Sample*");
puts "\nFile names: ",filenames;

Output

All Filenames:
.
..
Data.txt
SampleFile1.txt
SampleFile2.txt
SampleFile3.txt
SampleFile4.txt

File names:
MyDir/SampleFile1.txt
MyDir/SampleFile2.txt
MyDir/SampleFile3.txt
MyDir/SampleFile4.txt