Filtering Documents Loaded from a Directory

If -input_file_path names a directory, mlcp loads all the documents in the input directory and subdirectories by default. Use the -input_file_pattern option to filter the loaded documents based on a regular expression.

For example, the following command loads only files with a “.xml” suffix from the directory /space/bill/data:

# Windows users, see Modifying the Example Commands for Windows
$ mlcp.sh import -host localhost -port 8000 -username user \
    -password password -input_file_path /space/bill/data \
    -mode local -input_file_pattern '.*\.xml'

The mlcp tool uses Java regular expression syntax. For details, see Regular Expression Syntax.