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Hi,

I'm performing some operations on a file in a directory. I know the file extension of the file (*.hhc), but not the full file name. The only way I could think of to get the file name is to use a file loop:


The problem with doing this is that the loop also gets unwanted files like *.hhc.backup and *.hhc.old

1. Is there a way to limit the files in a file loop so that it only gets the files that match exactly the file pattern (instead of matching the file pattern somewhere is the file name)?

2. Is there a better way to get the file name when I only know the file extension?

Thanks,
John B.

For me it does not do this
I only get %A_LoopFileName% for *.hhc files

Hi,

I mis-stated one thing about the file names. Try this:

Create two files in a directory:
a.hhc
a.hhc_backup

In the same directory, create this AHK script:


Run the script. When I run it, I get two message boxes, one for a.hhc and one for a.hhc_backup.

Thanks,
John B.

Ah seams like a bug to me
Try this as a workaround:

Hi Mustang,

Interesting validation. I'll bet I could use RegExMatch to be more exclusive, since I'd want to exclude all file extensions that don't exactly match .hhc.
This appears to work:


Thanks for the idea of validating the file name. I thnk it will solve the problem.

John B.