# How can i recursively search within a directory to extract h5 file headers

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**Created:** [July 22, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-recursively-search-within-a-directory-to-extract-h5-file-headers/117358 "2024-07-22T18:42:14Z")\
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This has come up before. `glob` does not search recursively through the entire directory tree–but rather merely one level below the starting directory. See [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rdir-search-recursive-for-files-with-a-given-name-pattern/75605/12) for true recursive solution using the `walkdir` function.

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