I am using forfiles to delete files older than 7 days from a specific directory using the following script found elsewhere on this forum:
forfiles -p "H:\E-drev" -m *.* /D -7 /C "cmd /c del #path"
This Works fine except I have some files with no extension eg. a file named TA07l. This file is not deleted. I have tried using #fname instead of #path but this does not help.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The following should work:
forfiles /P "H:\E-drev" /M * /D -7 /C "cmd /C if #isdir==FALSE if #ext==\"\" del #path"
You have to use * instead of *.* because otherwise it will search every files that contain a dot .
Update with few examples between * and *. and *.*:
copy nul _onefilewithoutext
copy nul _onefilewith.ext
mkdir _oneFolder
dir /b /a-d *.
_onefilewithoutext
Forfiles command
forfiles /M *. /C "cmd /C echo #relpath"
Error: File Type "*." not found.
forfiles /M * /C "cmd /C echo #relpath"
".\_onefilewith.ext"
".\_onefilewithoutext"
".\_oneFolder"
forfiles /M *.* /C "cmd /C echo #relpath"
".\_onefilewith.ext"
forfiles /M * /C "cmd /C if #isdir==FALSE echo #relpath"
".\_onefilewith.ext"
".\_onefilewithoutext"
forfiles /M * /C "cmd /C if #isdir==FALSE if #ext==\"\" echo #relpath"
".\_onefilewithoutext"
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I'm trying to find all files older than 30 days in several directories using this command:
[Directory] && forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path"
The output is a .txt file.
The text file contains the path to the directory:
C:\Directory1
C:\Directory2
C:\Directory3 etc
I'm trying to loop through several directories using a text file but I need to provide 2 commands:
cd (to change to the directory whose files I need info on) and the actual command to get the information)
If I create a batch file entering the directory names manually I have something like this:
cd "C:Directory1" && forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path"
cd "C:Directory2" && forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path"
cd "C:Directory3" && forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path"
How do I enter the "cd" command at the beggining of the loop, then the directory which is in the txt file and the rest of the command (forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path")
What I have so far is:
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%A in ("C:\list.txt") do forfiles /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path %%A
Thanks!
The FOR command with the /F option is used to read a file and it assigns each iteration of the file to the variable %%A. So use the that variable with the /P option of the FORFILES command.
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%A in ("C:\list.txt") do forfiles /P "%%~A" /d -30 /c "cmd /c echo #path"
I have created a batch script to delete 7 days older files as follows:
ForFiles /p "C:\Users\John.Kapen\Desktop" /s /d -7 /c "cmd /c del #file"
But this is deleting executable files and folders as well.
I tried below command to exclude executable file deletion. But not working:
for /f %%F in ('C:\Users\John.Kapen\Desktop /b /d -7 /a-d ^| findstr /vile ".exe"') do del "%%F"
Could someone help me here?
The forfiles /? "manpage" contains following information:
...
#ext - returns only the extension of the
file.
...
Examples:
...
FORFILES /M *.txt /C "cmd /c if #isdir==FALSE notepad.exe #file"
You can try something like (not tested):
ForFiles /p "C:\Users\John.Kapen\Desktop" /s /d -7 /c "cmd /c if NOT #ext=="""exe""" del #file"
I need to delete a specific file from the folder (\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB) then paste in a file to the folder (\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB) from (C:\ProgramData.clamwin\db) using forfiles. But it seems not working. I am using Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard.
FORFILES /P \\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB /M daily.cld /D -0 /C "cmd /c del #PATH"
FORFILES /P C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db -M daily.cld /D 0 /C "cmd /c copy #PATH \\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB
Got it working below.
net use A: \\10.0.1.43\ClamAV_DB
forfiles /P A:\ /M daily.cld /C "cmd /c del #PATH"
forfiles /P C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db -M daily.cld /C "cmd /c copy #PATH A:\
Update:
Because its UNC path, use PushD. Something like this.
PushD "\\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB" &&(
FORFILES -M daily.cld /D -0 /C "cmd /c del #file"
) & PopD
FORFILES -P "C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db" -M daily.cld /D -0 /C "cmd /c copy #file \\10.0.1.223\ClamAV_DB"
Is there away to only display files in a folder called "Export", when such a subfolder is in multiple locations?
This will display all .xlsx files below where I'm running the batch file from, however I don't want to display all, I only want to display things in a folder called "Export":
forfiles -p "%~dp0\" -s -m *.xlsx -d -365 -c "cmd /c ECHO #relpath"
I have attempted things like:
forfiles -p "%~dp0\*\Export" -s -m *.xlsx -d -365 -c "cmd /c ECHO #relpath"
However it doesn't recognise syntax like this. Says invalid argument/option, but they are valid until I add *\ to the path.
This is an example of the structure I'm working with and what I what results to display:
%~dp0\1\Exports\Excel\ - (Do display .xlsx files)
%~dp0\1\Do Not Delete\Excel\ - (Don't display .xlsx files)
%~dp0\2\Exports\Excel\ - (Do display .xlsx files)
%~dp0\2\Do Not Delete\Excel\ - (Don't display .xlsx files)
The number folders would be a variable somehow, which is why the *\ is in my attempt.
I will then edit this to delete the files when I know it's picking up the right ones.
You could use two nested forfiles loops:
forfiles /S /P "%~dp0\" /M "Export*" /C "cmd /C if #isdir==TRUE forfiles /P #path\Excel /M *.xlsx /D -365 /C 0x22cmd /C echo 00x7840path0x22"
This command line walks through the given root directory (%~dp0) recursively and iterates through all items matching Export* (you might replace this pattern by Export or Exports, depending on your needs); the hierarchy depth is not checked in order to avoid the need of three nested loops. Anyway, if the iterated item is a directory, the sub-directory Excel is enumerated and searched for items matching *.xlsx.
Supplement:
The above command line may display many error messages like ERROR: The specified directory does not exist. or ERROR: Files of type "*.xlsx" not found., depending on your data; to avoid them, redirect STDERR to the nul device:
2> nul forfiles /S /P "%~dp0\" /M "Export*" /C "cmd /C if #isdir==TRUE forfiles /P #path\Excel /M *.xlsx /D -365 /C 0x22cmd /C echo 00x7840path0x22"
The forfiles command returns an empty line to STDOUT, so the above command line will contain many of them; to avoid such too, redirect STDERR and STDOUT to the nul device and redirect only the wished data to the console con:
1> nul 2>&1 forfiles /S /P "%~dp0\" /M "Export*" /C "cmd /C if #isdir==TRUE forfiles /P #path\Excel /M *.xlsx /D -365 /C 0x22cmd /C 1> con echo 00x7840path0x22"
You can send results with | to FINDSTR like this:
FORFILES /P . /S /M *.xlsx /D -365 /C "CMD /C ECHO #path" | ^
FINDSTR "\\Exports\\" | ^
FINDSTR /I /C:Delete /V
So you search every xlsx files located in a certain path (here is current dir) Every xlsx must contain Exports as folder and show every xlsx that doesn't (/V Displays only the non-matching lines) contain "delete" (/I mean insensitive)
In a batch file you can replace /P . by any variable path /P "%~dp0" /P "%CD%" or send as argument /P %1
Also you can do FOR loop to make any command for every match.
In one line to put in console:
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %A in (`forfiles /p . /s /m *.xlsx /D -365 /C "cmd /c ECHO #path" ^|FINDSTR "\\Exports\\" ^|FINDSTR /I /C:Delete /V`) DO #ECHO FAKE-COMMAND %A
In a batch file:
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%A in (
`forfiles /p . /s /m *.xlsx /D -365 /C "cmd /c ECHO #path" ^|FINDSTR "\\Exports\\" ^|FINDSTR /I /C:Delete /V`
) DO (
SET "myfile=%%~A"
#ECHO FAKE-COMMAND "!myfile!"
)
ENDLOCAL
GOTO :EOF
#ECHO OFF
SET backdir=backup
SET snapshotdir=snapshots
SET worldprefix=world_
SET itdate=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%
SET hour=%time:~0,2%
IF "%hour:~0,1%" == " " SET hour=0%hour:~1,1%
echo Current date: %itdate%. Current hour: %hour%. Current Minute:Second: %time:~3,2%:%time:~6,2%
forfiles /m "%worldprefix%*" /c (
echo Copying World: #path
cmd /c xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q #file %snapshotdir%\#file\%itdate%-%hour%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2%
cmd /c xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q #file %backdir%\%itdate%D\worlds\#file
)
echo Copying Plugins
xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q plugins %backdir%\%itdate%D\plugins\
xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q %backdir%\%itdate%D %backdir%\%itdate%-%hour%H\
echo Backup Complete (assuming no errors above). Attempting to remove old files..
forfiles /p "%snapshotdir%" /c "cmd /c rmdir /s /q #path" /d -7
forfiles /p "%backdir%" /m "*H" /c "cmd /c rmdir /s /q #path" /d -2
forfiles /p "%backdir%" /m "*D" /c "cmd /c rmdir /s /q #path" /d -14
PAUSE
I am trying to copy all files with "world_" as a prefix. I run into a problem when I try to use multiple commands in a loop. I have attempted to write the batch script I want above.
The two commands have absolutely nothing in common, so no, you cannot use parentheses like that.
You must execute all the commands within a single CMD /C. You can concatenate commands on one line using &. I've defined a simple XCOPY "macro" to save a bit of typing.
set XCOPY=xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q"
forfiles /m "%worldprefix%*" /c "cmd /c echo Copying World: #path&%XCOPY% #file %snapshotdir%\#file\%itdate%-%hour%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2%&%XCOPY% #file %backdir%\%itdate%D\worlds\#file"
If you escape the quotes, then you can use line continuation to split the logical line accross multiple lines. But then you must also escape the &.
set XCOPY=xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q"
forfiles /m "%worldprefix%*" /c ^"cmd /c ^
echo Copying World: #path ^&^
%XCOPY% #file %snapshotdir%\#file\%itdate%-%hour%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2% ^&^
%XCOPY% #file %backdir%\%itdate%D\worlds\#file^"
Or you could put the & in the front of the line so that you don't need to escape it. The line continuation also escapes the first character of the next line:
set XCOPY=xcopy /e /c /h /i /v /r /y /q"
forfiles /m "%worldprefix%*" /c ^"cmd /c ^
echo Copying World: #path^
&%XCOPY% #file %snapshotdir%\#file\%itdate%-%hour%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2%^
&%XCOPY% #file %backdir%\%itdate%D\worlds\#file^"
I realize this is an old post, but another way of doing it is to call a batch file and pass it the parameters that it needs. And I do not believe that there is any limitations in what can be in that batch file. For example:
forfiles /M "*.img" /C "cmd /c ProcessFile.bat #file #fdate #ftime"