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How do I recursively delete files in a directory through a batch command?

Asked by ilakic in Windows Batch Scripting, Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Tags: batch file delete files recursively

Hi all

I'm trying to create a batch file which will delete all files named *.pj. The complication is that the files may exist in subdirectories of the directory where I'm running the batch file.

I came accross this useful piece of code to do this same operation for directories. However, I'm not sure how to modify it to do the same for files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, since I'm quite inexperienced with Windows batch files.

Thanks a lot. 
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FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q %%G
 
DIR /B /AD /S *.svn* - lists all files that are named ".svn" 
/B makes the output "bare" with nothing but the file name
/AD only lists directories
/S recurses subdirectories to include their contents if they match the listing criteria
 
RMDIR /S /Q [path/name] - deletes the directory [path/dir] and all of it's children
 
FOR /F - processes each item (in this case directories) in the set IN ('[command]') by executing the DO [command]
 
%%G is a parameter, which in this example is a directory name
"tokens=*" says that all the characters output in a line (i.e. by the dir command) are assigned to the parameter %%G
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