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Pankaj Devrani
Pankaj Devrani

Reputation: 511

Batch command to delete all subfolders with specific name having special character

I have a directory as such:

D:\DATA\DATA2\Demo&_1\Demo\1\deployment
D:\DATA\DATA2\Demo&_1\Demo\2\deployment
D:\DATA\DATA2\Demo&_1\Demo\3\deployment

And I am running the below batch file command to delete all deployment folders present inside Demo folder:

cd /d D:\DATA\DATA2\Demo&_1\Demo
FOR /d /r . %%d IN (deployment) DO @IF EXIST "%%d" rd /s /q "%%d"

The above command is not working(not deleting deployment folder) when I have special character in in folder name (Demo&_1) and when I have do not have special then it is working(deleting deployment folder).

For e.g. if I change name of folder "Demo&_1" to "Demo1" the above batch file will work fine but not work if have special character.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 678

Answers (1)

user7818749
user7818749

Reputation:

Simply because the paths are not in quotes, but regardless here is a much simpler solution without having to do cd /d

for /D /R "D:\DATA\DATA2\Demo&_1\Demo" %%d IN (deployment) DO @IF EXIST "%%d" rd /s /q "%%d"

Upvotes: 1

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