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Reputation: 44673

batch file to delete files filename ending in particular characters

I am looking to write a batch file that will remove all files from a directory where there file name ends in a particular number.

Eg delete all files of type .js from a folder where the filename end in 1.1.1.0

Any tips as to how I may write such a batch file to achieve this?

How would it be different if I wanted to delete all of the files of type .js that didn't end in 1.1.1.0?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 13340

Answers (2)

forsvarir
forsvarir

Reputation: 10859

So, it seems you could just do:

del *1.1.1.0.js

Or, you could write a batch file (tmp.bat) like this:

del *%1.js

And call it:

tmp.bat 1.1.1.0

But that seems like overkill?

Is there something I'm missing?

Or, I guess you might want something like:

del %1\*%2.js

Which you would call as:

tmp.bat folderName 1.1.1.0

You may also want to pass a '/F' flag to delete, to make sure it deletes readonly files...

If you wanted to do files in subdirectories as well, the batch file could look like this:

echo del /f /s %1\*%2.js

Again, where %1 is the folder name to start from and %2 is the number you want to delete...

To do everything BUT a given number, you could do something like this:

attrib +h *%1.js
del /q *
attrib -h *%1.js

To delete everything BUT a given number, from a given folder you could do this:

pushd %1
attrib +h *%2.js
del /q *
attrib -h *%2.js
popd

Where %1 is the folder and %2 is the number

Upvotes: 4

nightfox89
nightfox89

Reputation: 83

Just create a .bat file with the following:

del *1.1.1.0.js

and save it in your directory. Every time you run it, it will delete the files ending in 1.1.1.0.js

Upvotes: 0

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