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Sahil
Sahil

Reputation: 95

Forfiles - spaces in folder path

I am running a batch file and I have one forfiles command in it

FORFILES -p%spinputarchrootpath% -m*.csv -d-365 -c"CMD /C DEL @FILE"

%spinputarchrootpath% variable maps to a folder location (Y:\Temp Documents\testfolder).

Now the above command is throwing an error because of the space in the folder name (Temp Documents).

How to handle this space? I have tried putting quotes around %spinputarchrootpath% variable but it is not working.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 14328

Answers (4)

Tino Korth
Tino Korth

Reputation: 71

I'd the same problem and found the solution. I think your folder-variable of the folder you wish to empty has a backslash at the end.

This will NOT work:

echo J|forfiles /P "C:\temp files\" /S /M * /D -7 /C "cmd /c del /F /S /Q @path"

... but this works (without backslash)

echo J|forfiles /P "C:\temp files" /S /M * /D -7 /C "cmd /c del /F /S /Q @path"

Regards

Tino

Upvotes: 7

ErtjeTheFreeze
ErtjeTheFreeze

Reputation: 11

Check post: How to Tell FORFILES to Execute Command on Path?

The problem lies in the part: -c"CMD /C DEL @FILE"

Use: -c"CMD /C DEL ^0x22@FILE^0x22" to put extra double quotes around the file

Upvotes: 1

yoel halb
yoel halb

Reputation: 12711

As a work around first change directories to the folder you want, and then execute forfiles without the /p parameter.

CD %spinputarchrootpath%
FORFILES -m*.csv -d-365 -c"CMD /C DEL @FILE"

Upvotes: 1

Andriy M
Andriy M

Reputation: 77717

Enclose the path in quotes:

FORFILES -p "%spinputarchrootpath%" -m *.csv -d -365 -c "CMD /C DEL @FILE"

Note, there's a space between -p and "%spinputarchrootpath%". Without a space in this case it won't work.

Upvotes: 3

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