Haskell: Search for files

Haskell System.Directory module provides number of functions to search for a file, executables on your machine. Following tables summarizes the functions provided by System.Directory module for file searching.

Function	Signature	Description
findExecutable	findExecutable :: String -> IO (Maybe FilePath)	Get the path of given executable
findExecutables	findExecutables :: String -> IO [FilePath]	Get all the paths of executable file
findExecutablesInDirectories	findExecutablesInDirectories:: [FilePath] -> String -> IO [FilePath]	Search for an executable in given directories
findFile	findFile :: [FilePath] -> String -> IO (Maybe FilePath)	Search for a file in given directories
findFiles	findFiles :: [FilePath] -> String -> IO [FilePath]	Search for a file in given directories
findFilesWith	findFilesWith:: (FilePath -> IO Bool) -> [FilePath] -> String -> IO [FilePath]	Get all the files that satisfiy given property

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