I need to find all * .avi files (even in subfolders). But I want to exclude files with specific part of the name (* demux.avi). Something like this:
FOR /R %%g IN (*.avi) DO (
if "%%g"=="*demux.avi" ( - THIS PART IS WRONG
echo "%%g" excluded
) else (
echo "%%g"
)
)
I expect results:
file1.avi
file1 demux.avi excluded
file2.avi
**
Try this:
FOR /F %%g IN ('dir /b /s "*.avi"^|find /i /v "demux"') DO ( whatever )
We are basically saying look for all avi files in this folder and subfolders and pipe them to find.
Use finds /V switch that finds all lines NOT containing "demux" and run your command on them.
Like this :
#echo off&cls
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b/a-d *.avi') do (echo %%a | find "demux" && echo %%a [Excluded] || echo %%a [OK])
In place of echo %%a [Excluded] or echo %%a [OK] you can do what you want (DEL, REN,MOVE,...)
Edit :
To just have the name of the file when your using /S option of DIR
#echo off&cls
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s/b/a-d *.avi') do (echo %%~na | find "demux" && echo %%~na [Excluded] || echo %%~na [OK])
Related
In a certain path I have some different kinds of file type. Eg., .txt, .bas, .cls, etc.
I need to delete only the text files in that path except few files.
For eg, if the path has a.txt, b.txt, c.txt, aa.bas, bb.cls, it should delete only a.txt. It should not delete b.txt and c.txt (Also it should not delete the other extension files).
To delete all ?.txt files in the root folder, excluding b.txt and c.txt
#echo off
for %%i in (?.txt) do (
if not "%%~nxi"=="c.txt" if not "%%~nxi"=="b.txt" echo del "%%i"
)
To do this in the root and subdirectories:
#echo off
for /R %%i in (?.txt) do (
if not "%%~nxi"=="c.txt" if not "%%~nxi"=="b.txt" echo del "%%i"
)
If the files are to be all *.txt files and not just single digit as per your example (add /R to recurse:
#echo off
for %%i in (*.txt) do (
if not "%%~nxi"=="c.txt" if not "%%~nxi"=="b.txt" echo del "%%i"
)
Similarly, but using findstr to only exclude:
#echo off
for /f %%i in ('dir /b /a-d ^|findstr /vi "b.txt" ^|findstr /vi "c.txt"') do (
echo del "%%i"
)
and to search only include:
#echo off
for /f %%i in ('dir /b /a-d ^|findstr /i "a.txt"') do (
echo del "%%i"
)
and to include and search subdirectories:
#echo off
for /f %%i in ('dir /b /s /a-d ^|findstr /i "a.txt"') do (
echo del "%%i"
)
On all of the above examples, remove echo to actually perform the delete, echo is used as a safety measure and will only display the del result to console.
Edit
Seeing as you specifically have a list of files (as per one of you comments) to exclude, you can use something like this. You have to create a file called exclusion.txt and add the files to exclude in list form:
b.txt
c.txt
file with space.txt
d.txt
Then create the batch file and add the code below. When ran, it will prompt for the file extention to filter on, where you can type an extension. i.e txt or simply press enter to perform a delete on all files, except the excluded ones. Just to be safe, I added an additional for loop to simply echo the files and prompt you if you are sure you want to delete the files.
#echo off
set cnt=0 & set excl= & set ext=
echo(
if not exist exclusion.txt echo You have not created an "exclusion.txt" file. & echo( & echo You need to create it first, then rerun the script & echo( & pause & goto :eof
echo Ensure you have listed all files to be excluded in "exclusion.txt" file
echo(
set /p "ext=Add File extention to search on (txt, pdf, etc), or press enter for all files: "
if not defined ext goto cont
if not "%ext:~0,1%"=="." set "ext=.%ext%"
set "ext=*%ext%"
:cont
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%a in (exclusion.txt) do (
set /a cnt+=1
set "nlr!cnt!=%%a"
)
for /l %%i in (1,1,%cnt%) do (
if not defined excl (
set "excl=!nlr%%i!"
) else (
set "excl=!excl! !nlr%%i!"
)
)
echo(
echo WARNING: You are about to delete the following files!!
echo(
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b /a-d %ext% ^|findstr /VIE "%excl%"') do (
if /i not "%%i"=="exclusion.txt" if not "%%i"=="%~0" echo %%i
)
echo(
Choice /c YN /m "Are you sure you want to delete these files?"
if %errorlevel% equ 2 goto :eof
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b /a-d %ext% ^|findstr /VIE "%excl%"') do (
if /i not "%%i"=="exclusion.txt" if not "%%i"=="%~0" del %%i
)
I need a command to run from the Windows CLI to identify any folders (or sub folders) that contain only one file. If the folder contains two files, it should not be included. In the end, I need to output this list to a text file. It should contain the full folder path.
Ex: OutputLog.txt
C:\fold1
C:\fold1\sub
C:\fold3
C:\fold4
This should work to identify folders with one file.
#echo off
for /d /r "d:\base\folder" %%a in (*) do (
dir /b /a-d "%%a" 2>nul |find /c /v "" |findstr "^1$" >nul && >>file.txt echo %%a
)
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
(for /D /R %%a in (*) do (
set count=0
for %%b in ("%%a\*.*") do set /A count+=1
if !count! equ 1 echo %%a
)) > OutputLog.txt
#echo off
set "parentfolder=c:\test"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%F in ('dir /s /a:d /b "%parentfolder%"') do (
dir "%%F"|findstr /b "1 File(s)" >nul 2>&1 && echo %%F
)
This will list all subfolders with only one file in a parent folder .As it checks the string of the dir command output it should be altered if language settings/windows version provide different DIR command output.
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('dir "recordings.txt" /s /b') do (
echo %%a
)
Is this the correct format to look on the Z: drive for files in the recordings.txt?
Tried powershell don't have permissions on the server
Contents of the file just have the file name / extension
3030009948_3030009912_df1389947f0fb80d62832122.sasf
The Directory structure of Z: is as follows
MM\dd\hh\mm\
recordings.txt is on the Desktop of my userprofile
I also need the paths of the found files
This should read recordings.txt on your desktop and create recordings-results.txt in the same place with the full path to every file inside it.
#echo off
dir /b /s /a-d "z:\" >"%temp%\results.tmp"
del "%userprofile%\desktop\recordings-results.txt" 2>nul
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%userprofile%\desktop\recordings.txt") do (
echo finding "%%a"
findstr /i /c:"%%a" "%temp%\results.tmp" >>"%userprofile%\desktop\recordings-results.txt"
)
del "%temp%\results.tmp"
pause
This should be even faster:
#echo off
dir /b /s /a-d "z:\" >"%temp%\results.tmp"
findstr /i /g:"%userprofile%\desktop\recordings.txt" "%temp%\results.tmp" >"%userprofile%\desktop\recordings-results.txt"
del "%temp%\results.tmp"
pause
Dir is to look into a directory if you want to get a value from a file use :
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('type "Z:\recordings.txt"') do (
echo %%a
)
There is a particular folder that begins with a name such as SS followed by random characters. The names would be different every time and the only thing we are sure of is the folder begins with SS. How do we look if this folder has a .txt file inside in batch programming.
An idea :
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b/ad ^|find /i "SS"') do set $Dir=%%a
dir /b/a-d *.txt %$dir%>nul
if %errorlevel% equ 0 echo File(s) found in "%$DIR%"
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (
'dir /b /ad "%sourcedir%\ss*" 2^>nul'
) DO (
FOR /f "delims=" %%h IN (
'dir /b /a-d "%sourcedir%\%%a\*.txt" 2^>nul'
) DO (
ECHO "%sourcedir%\%%a\%%h"
)
)
GOTO :EOF
should solve your problem - you need to change sourcedir to suit your system, obviously.
The code below check if the folder contain any .txt file:
#echo off
set "filePath="
for /D %%a in (SS*) do if exist "%%a\*.txt" do set "filePath=%%a"
if defined filePath echo File exists in folder %filePath%
If you want to check for a particular .txt file, just change *.txt by the appropriate name.
I want to create a windows batch file which lists all the empty sub-directories present under the user specified root directory.
Can anybody help regarding the same?
#echo off
for /d /r %1 %%A in (.) do (
dir /a /b "%%~fA" 2>nul | findstr "^" >nul || echo %%~fA
)
The above solution ignores Hidden folders. I've also been told that using both /D and /R options with FOR is bugged, though I've never had a problem with it.
#echo off
dir /a /b %1 2>nul | findstr "^" >nul || echo %%~fA
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%A in ('dir /s /ad /b %1') do (
dir /a /b "%%~fA" 2>nul | findstr "^" >nul || echo %%~fA
)
The 2nd solution that avoids FOR /D /R will include Hidden folders. But I believe it can fail if folder names contain Unicode.