CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowsbatch-file
user3139453
user3139453

Reputation: 13

Windows batch command to delete files from a folder except one file

I am trying to create a batch script to move a set of files from one folder (root) to another and delete files of extension .dll in the root folder except one file. The command I tried is able to copy but not delete the files.

MOVE D:\mpgdata\sync\*.txt D:\data\sync\QDB_TXT_FILES

for %%i in (d:\data\sync*.dll) do if not "%%i"=="work.dll" del /f  "%%i"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3023

Answers (1)

foxidrive
foxidrive

Reputation: 41234

It had a case sensitive compare. /i fixes that.
There was also a missing backslash.
The %%~nxi makes it compare the filename only.

MOVE "D:\mpgdata\sync\*.txt" "D:\data\sync\QDB_TXT_FILES"

dir d:\data\sync\*.dll /b
pause

for %%i in (d:\data\sync\*.dll) do if /i not "%%~nxi"=="work.dll" del "%%i"

Upvotes: 3

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