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cloudbud
cloudbud

Reputation: 3288

How can i set date parameter to previous date in a batch script?

i want to delete files using batch script, the files which are older than 1 day, i want to set the date parameter in the script how can I do that?

for /F "tokens=1 delims=/ " %%a in ('DATE/T') do set dateDOW=%%a

this statemenet is setting the DATE parameter to 7 days ie. if today is wed it will remove files from the last wed.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 144

Answers (2)

MC ND
MC ND

Reputation: 70943

@echo off
    rem Number of days ago from where to start to delete files
    set "deleteFrom=7"
    forfiles /p "c:\somewhere" /m "*.log" /d -%deleteFrom% /c "cmd /c echo del @path"

Adapt as needed. When list of files is correct, remove echo to delete the files.

Upvotes: 2

Endoro
Endoro

Reputation: 37569

for %%a in (Text.txt) do set "FileDate=%%~ta"
echo %FileDate%

enter for /? for help.

Upvotes: 0

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