diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
index 90605396e..9c516de55 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,23 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return dir.entryList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::NoSymLinks);
     }
 
+    bool CDirectoryUtils::containsFileInDir(const QString &dir, const QString &filter, bool recursively)
+    {
+        QDir directory(dir);
+        if (!directory.exists()) { return false; }
+
+        const QStringList nameFilter({ filter });
+        if (!directory.entryInfoList(nameFilter, QDir::Files | QDir::NoDot | QDir::NoDotDot).isEmpty()) { return true; }
+
+        if (!recursively) { return false; }
+        const QStringList subDirs = CDirectoryUtils::getSubDirectories(dir);
+        for (const QString &subDir : subDirs)
+        {
+            if (CDirectoryUtils::containsFileInDir(subDir, filter, recursively)) { return true; }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     QStringList CDirectoryUtils::verifyRuntimeDirectoriesAndFiles()
     {
         QStringList failed;
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
index f95df2714..304fdaf10 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! All sub directories of given dir
         static QStringList getSubDirectories(const QString &rootDir);
 
+        //! Any file with filter like "*.txt"
+        static bool containsFileInDir(const QString &dir, const QString &filter, bool recursively);
+
         //! Check if the (most important) runtime directories are available
         static QStringList verifyRuntimeDirectoriesAndFiles();
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
index 098389234..edeab2b69 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return candidate;
     }
 
+    bool containsAny(const QString &testString, const QStringList &any, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
+    {
+        if (testString.isEmpty() || any.isEmpty()) { return false; }
+        for (const QString &a : any)
+        {
+            if (testString.contains(a, cs)) { return true; }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 } // ns
 
 //! \endcond
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
index 3c4876839..be0f02405 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     //! Default string if string is empty
     BLACKMISC_EXPORT const QString &defaultIfEmpty(const QString &candidate, const QString &defaultIfEmpty);
 
+    //! Contains any string of the list?
+    BLACKMISC_EXPORT bool containsAny(const QString &testString, const QStringList &any, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
+
     namespace Mixin
     {
         /*!