CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowsbatch-filecmd
ttmpv
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Reputation: 13

cmd delete all folders except last 5

im looking for help with a batch code that can help me to delete every folder except the last 5 orderdered by name ASC. i have something like this:

  • Folder 1
  • Folder 2
  • Folder 3
  • Folder 4
  • Folder 5
  • Folder 6
  • Folder 7
  • Folder 8
  • Folder 9
  • Folder 10

And i want it to end up like this

  • Folder 1 [Deleted]
  • Folder 2 [Deleted]
  • Folder 3 [Deleted]
  • Folder 4 [Deleted]
  • Folder 5 [Deleted]
  • Folder 6
  • Folder 7
  • Folder 8
  • Folder 9
  • Folder 10

hope you can help me, and thank you in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1833

Answers (1)

foxidrive
foxidrive

Reputation: 41234

This should keep the 5 newest folders.

It will only echo the rd commands to the console and if they are right then you can remove the echo

@echo off
for /f "skip=5 delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /o-d /ad') do echo rd /s /q "%%a"
pause

Upvotes: 1

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