Depracated blob features not supported

[ElectricLlama]

I need to search for a file using wildcards. All documentation indicates this is not supported by ADLS Gen 2, and to use the blob API instead.

When I use az storage blob directory list to search for a file, I get this message:

This command is implicitly deprecated and because command group 'storage blob directory' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use 'az storage fs directory' instead

Going by the docs, az storage fs directory list does not support two items of functionality:

• It only lists directories, not files
• It doesn't support "prefix search" on files, in fact no fs functions do.

Can you explain why this command is being deprecated when there is no other command to replace it.

ADLS Gen2 wildcard search is a glaring gap in functionality (it's not even supported in Storage Explorer)

My use case is that I have millions of files in a single folder and I need to find and download one of them, but I don't have container level access, only folder level access. Therefore I can't use az storage fs file list since it will return an enormous JSON file

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• ID: 677f1e65-8bbc-2905-b9bc-5c7761a4894c
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• Content: az storage fs directory
• Content Source: latest/docs-ref-autogen/storage/fs/directory.yml
• Service: storage
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[yonzhan]

@evelyn-ys for awareness

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @xgithubtriage.

Issue Details

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I need to search for a file using wildcards. All documentation indicates this is not supported by ADLS Gen 2, and to use the blob API instead.

When I use az storage blob directory list to search for a file, I get this message:

This command is implicitly deprecated and because command group 'storage blob directory' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use 'az storage fs directory' instead

Going by the docs, az storage fs directory list does not support two items of functionality:

• It only lists directories, not files
• It doesn't support "prefix search" on files, in fact no fs functions do.

Can you explain why this command is being deprecated when there is no other command to replace it.

ADLS Gen2 wildcard search is a glaring gap in functionality (it's not even supported in Storage Explorer)

My use case is that I have millions of files in a single folder and I need to find and download one of them, but I don't have container level access, only folder level access. Therefore I can't use az storage fs file list since it will return an enormous JSON file

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Document Details

⚠ Do not edit this section. It is required for learn.microsoft.com ➟ GitHub issue linking.

• ID: 677f1e65-8bbc-2905-b9bc-5c7761a4894c
• Version Independent ID: c40da9b2-8eea-976d-c80f-0e0d708b7745
• Content: az storage fs directory
• Content Source: latest/docs-ref-autogen/storage/fs/directory.yml
• Service: storage
• GitHub Login: @rloutlaw
• Microsoft Alias: routlaw

Author:	ElectricLlama
Assignees:	evelyn-ys
Labels:	Storage, Service Attention, question, customer-reported, Auto-Assign, Azure CLI Team
Milestone:	Backlog

[MoChilia]

Hi @ElectricLlama! We need to wait for Service Team to support the parameter --prefix for az storage fs directory list first. Once the feature is supported, we will plan to add support for it as well. Until then, we won't deprecate storage blob directory.