How open a folder without the files beginning with '.'

Hi! I want to open all the file of my folder 'calibration_data' (cf Fig1).

But when I do my code (cf Code1), it open 3 files that are'nt in my folder (cf '.', '..' and '.DS_Store' in Fig2).

What are they and how can I get rid of them?

Thanks!

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Fig1:

Fig2:

Code1:

path_root = '/Users/TP4/calibration_data';
files=dir(fullfile(path_root)); 

[Mathieu NOE]

hello

see my suggestion below but change the extension (raw) according to your files

S = dir('**/*.raw');
[m,n] = size(S);

for ci = 1:m
    folders{ci} = S(ci).folder;
    filenames{ci} = S(ci).name;
end

[Mathieu NOE]

if you have all your files starting with "tempo"

you can also try with :

S = dir('TEMPO*.*');

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

"What are they..."

• dot directory names, where '.' represents the directory itself and '..' its immediate parent.
• .DS_Store is a hidden file used by MacOS to store information about how a folder is displayed.

"... how can I get rid of them?"

By not having them in the first place. You can do that by simply specifying the DIR search string to match the filenames (including wildcards as required), e.g.:

P = '/Users/TP4/calibration_data';
S = dir(fullfile(P,'TEMPOL*'));

[Elise C]

Thank you Stephen!

And also thanks to Mathieu :)

[Mathieu NOE]

My pleasure !