checking folder has more than one file with similar name

Hi,

I want to check if a folder has files starting with same name.

Eg in a folder, there are files ('test01.mat' , 'test02.mat', 'test03.mat' etc). they start with "test".

how can I check that? thanks.

Answer 1

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% use the name of the folder you want to check:
folder = './';

% get info about the files in that folder whose name starts with 'test' and
% whose extension is .mat:
files = dir(fullfile(folder,'test*.mat'));

% see the files' names:
{files.name}

ans = 1×3 cell array
    {'test01.mat'}    {'test02.mat'}    {'test03.mat'}

% and/or, see if there is more than one such file:
numel(files) > 1

ans = logical
   1

% etc.