I have tried the following command:
forfiles /P "C:\test\" /S /M *.* /D -7 /C "cmd /c echo #path"
but it returns an error:
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I'm not sure what's wrong, the syntax should be fine.
Remove the last backslash in your search path : "c:\test" instead of "c:\test\"
So it should be :
forfiles /P "C:\test" /S /M *.* /D 7 /C "cmd /c echo #path"
/D 7 is "seven days in the future". Unlikely you have such files (except you own one of those awesome time travel machines).
forfiles /P "C:\test\" /S /M *.* /D -7 /C "cmd /c echo #path"
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I'm stuck with this script
echo off
SET pathAdobe="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe"
SET pathDestination=T:\
cd %pathDestination%
(1)
forfiles /P %pathDestination% /M *8.pdf /D +0 /C "cmd /c echo #PATH"
(2)
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" /o /h /s /t "%pathDestination%\pdf8.pdf" "MyPrinterName"
pause
(1) Work fine, i got a list of pdf according my forfiles
(2) Work fine, print my file
(3) But when i want to mix the 2 first step that doesn't work like i want
forfiles /P %pathDestination% /M *8.pdf /D +0 /C "CMD /C "%pathAdobe%" /o /h /s /t #PATH"
I got this error:
Error: Invalid argument or option - « Files\Adobe\Acrobat »
I try to escape with ^ " \ but don't change the result
Can't find a solution!
Thanks for any help you can give me :)
J
Your issue is that you are including double quotes, in the wrong places, and that those double quotes require escaping. You can escape those using backward slashes (\"), or by using their hexadecimal character code, (0x22).
Backward slash example:
#Echo Off
Set "pathAdobe=%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe"
Set "pathDestination=T:\"
CD /D "%pathDestination%" 2> NUL || Exit /B
%SystemRoot%\System32\forfiles.exe /M "*8.pdf" /D 0 /C "%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /D /C \"\"%pathAdobe%\" /o /h /s /t #Path \"MyPrinterName\"\""
Pause
Hexadecimal character example:
#Echo Off
Set "pathAdobe=%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe"
Set "pathDestination=T:\"
CD /D "%pathDestination%" 2> NUL || Exit /B
%SystemRoot%\System32\forfiles.exe /M "*8.pdf" /D 0 /C "%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /D /C 0x220x22%pathAdobe%0x22 /o /h /s /t #Path 0x22MyPrinterName0x220x22"
Pause
forfiles /p "C:FILEPATH\TO\BE\DELETED\User_1" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del #path" /d -08
forfiles /p "C:FILEPATH\TO\BE\DELETED\User_2" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del #path" /d -08
forfiles /p "C:FILEPATH\TO\BE\DELETED\User_3" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del #path" /d -08
forfiles /p "C:FILEPATH\TO\BE\DELETED\User_4" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del #path" /d -08
forfiles /p "C:FILEPATH\TO\BE\DELETED\User_5" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del #path" /d -08
#echo off
#echo This purge was successfully completed on the date listed in the file name.
>purgelog_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%%date:~-4,4%_.txt
( command1
command2
...
commandN
)
If this is stored in my.bat, simply use redirection.
my.bat >my.txt
If you also want stderr to go into the same file, use:
my.bat >my.bat 2>&1
Note that this will not put the purgelog* information go into my.txt because its target file is explicitly specified.
i would like to know how you can delete multiple files in different folders with batch commands.
I have the following code, this code works fine for 1 map but i need to do it for multiple maps :
forfiles /p "D:\CHILI_Publisher\Data\Environments\Adecco\Cache_Data\Assets" /s /d -10 /c "cmd /c echo #file"
PAUSE
This is the code for the various maps and various file types with wildcards (this one gives an error : The directory name is invalid:
forfiles /p "D:\CHILI_Publisher\Data\Environments\*.*\Cache_Data\*.*" /s /d -10 /c "cmd /c echo #file"
PAUSE
Tl;DR : I have an error and would like to know how to use a wildcard correctly in batch files.
You can wrap FORFILES in a FOR loop:
for /d %D in (c:\temp\a*;c:\temp\b*;c:\temp\c*) do forfiles /p %D /s /c "cmd /c echo #file" /d -10
If you need to find all folders named CACHE_DATA under a super folder you can navigate to the super folder (cd D:\CHILI_Publisher\Data\Environments) and run this:
for /f %F in ('dir /B /S /AD cache_data') do for /d %D in (%F) do forfiles /p %D /s /c "cmd /c echo #file" /d -10
If you put the script in a BATCH file remember to escape % with %%.
I am just getting into Bat files.
I am trying to delete old folders on a network shared drive but skip 2 of the containing folders by name.
Basically I need to all files that I make daily and always keep 2 old files.
Code that deletes all files that are older than 3 days:
PushD "\\****-****\build" &&(
ForFiles /D -3 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE echo RD #FILE &RD /S #FILE
) & PopD
And I was thinking something like this: if NOT #FNAME == %name%. I don't totally understand the process, am I able to have two conditions in the forFiles? do I have to have /c before?
PushD "\\****-****\build" &&(
ForFiles /D -3 /C "CMD /C if NOT #FNAME == %name% if #ISDIR==TRUE echo RD #FILE &RD /S #FILE
) & PopD
I can't seem to get it, would you mind helping me out?
Thanks!
Yes, nesting if commands in their then branches is the way how-to have logical AND. Note proper quoting in next code snippet:
#ECHO ON >NUL
#SETLOCAL enableextensions
set "name=SO"
set "nam2=SU"
pushd "D:\VB_scripts"
#rem all directories
ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE echo #FILE"
#rem all directories except "SO"
ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE if not #FNAME=="""%name%""" echo #FILE"
#rem all directories except "SO" and "SU"
ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE if not #FNAME=="""%name%""" if not #FNAME=="""%nam2%""" echo #FILE"
popd
#ENDLOCAL
Output:
==>D:\bat\SO\31346676.bat
==>set "name=SO"
==>set "nam2=SU"
==>pushd "D:\VB_scripts"
==>ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE echo #FILE"
"Class Pack"
"Oldies"
"SO"
"SU"
"WMI"
==>ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE if not #FNAME=="""SO""" echo #FILE"
"Class Pack"
"Oldies"
"SU"
"WMI"
==>ForFiles /D -2 /C "CMD /C if #ISDIR==TRUE if not #FNAME=="""SO""" if not #FNAME=="
""SU""" echo #FILE"
"Class Pack"
"Oldies"
"WMI"
==>popd
It is a little bit messy but I was able to do it on a local directory:
#echo off
mkdir Temp\Temp
REM Copy all old file to Temp dir
forfiles -p "%cd%" -m *.* /D -2 /C "cmd /c xcopy #path %cd%\Temp"
REM copy a random file from Temp dir to Temp/Temp dir and then delete it
FOR %%A in (%cd%\Temp\*) do (
COPY "%%A" %cd%\Temp\Temp\
DEL "%%A"
GOTO :Second
)
:Second
Rem copy second random file from Temp dir
FOR %%A in (%cd%\Temp\*) do (
COPY "%%A" %cd%\Temp\Temp\
GOTO :Del
)
:Del
Rem delete all old files from local dir
forfiles -p "%cd%" -m *.* /D -2 /C "cmd /c del #path"
Rem Copy back two random old files to local dir
xcopy %cd%\Temp\Temp\* %cd%
Rem remove Temp dir
rmdir /s /q Temp
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.
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
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.
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"
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