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Here's a relatively simple BAT script approach. Sorts the files newest to oldest, and skips the 7 most recent and deletes the rest.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39857951-1">@echo off
for /f &quot;tokens=* skip=7&quot; %%A in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d &quot;c:\temp\*.*&quot;') do del &quot;%%~A&quot;</code></pre>
<i>~bp</i>
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Here's a relatively simple BAT script approach. Sorts the files newest to oldest, and skips the 7 most recent and deletes the rest.



@echo off
for /f "tokens=* skip=7" %%A in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d "c:\temp\*.*"') do del "%%~A"

~bp

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Hey Dan, thank you for the command line it worked perfectly.<br />
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Since I will use this command line on a 2003 server, I had to install Powershell 2.0 first.
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Hey Dan, thank you for the command line it worked perfectly.

Since I will use this command line on a 2003 server, I had to install Powershell 2.0 first.

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I am looking to automate the deletion of files on a particular directory. These files are created daily and I will need to delete all files except for the last 7 (last 7 days).<br />
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Does anyone has an idea on how to accomplish this?
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I am looking to automate the deletion of files on a particular directory. These files are created daily and I will need to delete all files except for the last 7 (last 7 days).

Does anyone has an idea on how to accomplish this?

Script to delete files from a particular directory

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