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std/fs/mod.ts>walk

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function walk
Re-export
import { walk } from "https://deno.land/std@0.223.0/fs/mod.ts";

Recursively walks through a directory and yields information about each file and directory encountered.

Examples

Basic usage

File structure:

folder
├── script.ts
└── foo.ts
import { walk } from "https://deno.land/std@0.223.0/fs/walk.ts";

const entries = [];
for await (const entry of walk(".")) {
  entries.push(entry);
}

entries[0]!.path; // "folder"
entries[0]!.name; // "folder"
entries[0]!.isFile; // false
entries[0]!.isDirectory; // true
entries[0]!.isSymlink; // false

entries[1]!.path; // "folder/script.ts"
entries[1]!.name; // "script.ts"
entries[1]!.isFile; // true
entries[1]!.isDirectory; // false
entries[1]!.isSymlink; // false

Parameters

root: string | URL

The root directory to start the walk from, as a string or URL.

optional
unnamed 1: WalkOptions = [UNSUPPORTED]

The options for the walk.

Returns

AsyncIterableIterator<WalkEntry>

An async iterable iterator that yields WalkEntry objects.