Groovy find file pattern search in folder recursively

Groovy nugget for find a file recursively into a given file with a patterned search

Quite efficient and neat stuff..

modified from: http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/3881

def findFileRecursive( directoryName, filePattern) {
def fileFound
def directory = new File(directoryName)
if (directory.isDirectory()){
def findFilenameClosure = { if (filePattern.matcher(it.name).find()){  fileFound = it } }
directory.eachFileRecurse(findFilenameClosure)
}
return fileFound
}

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