TestGlob

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

public class TestGlob {
		/*
		 * 
     say you have in the folder /home/me/Desktop, the following data folder
		data
		|
		-test.csv
		|
		-newDirectory
		      |
		      --test2.csv
		      
		      output of the program
          ====== glob1	glob:/home/me/Desktop/data/t*.csv
          /home/me/Desktop/data/test.csv
          ====== glob2	glob:**t*.csv
          /home/me/data/newDirectory/test2.csv
          /home/me/data/test.csv
		
		 */
	public static void main(final String args[]) throws IOException {
		final String path = "/home/me/Desktop/data/";
		final String glob1 = "glob:" + path + "t*.csv";// first level only
		final String glob2 = "glob:**t*.csv";// cross directory
		System.out.println("====== glob1	" + glob1);
		match(glob1, path);
		System.out.println("====== glob2	" + glob2);
		match(glob2, path);
	}

	public static void match(final String glob, final String location) throws IOException {

		final PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher(glob);

		Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get(location), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {

			@Override
			public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path path, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
				if (pathMatcher.matches(path)) {
					System.out.println(path);
				}
				return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
			}

			@Override
			public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(final Path file, final IOException exc) throws IOException {
				return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
			}
		});
	}

}