Code to delete contents of all files

delete all the contents of those files, but do not delete the file itself.

are those csv files contain the headers? do you want to remove or retain the headers when you "emptying" the file content?

what if just deleting the files and recreate them with new files with empty content?

Hi,
Need to remove headers as well.

what if just deleting the files and recreate them with new files with empty content?

That may work, as long the name of files are exactly the same.
See screenshot.
Thanks,
Ben
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what about deleting the file and then creating a 0 byte file with the same name?

Hi Experts,

what about deleting the file and then creating a 0 byte file with the same name?

As mentioned, this should be fine.
@Ryan,
Will test it tom at work.
Thanks,
Ben

You should be able to do this command right from a DOS command prompt to empty the files, just adjust the folder name as needed.

for %A in ("c:\temp\*.csv") do @echo.>"%~A"

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And if you truly want a 0 byte file (rather than an empty text file) then you could do:

for %A in ("c:\temp\*.csv") do @copy /y NUL "%A">NUL

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Hi Experts,

Tested and both work, great!

Now one question if you dont mind...
Since I constantly need to check for date/time they were created.
and with the utility above its something difficult (see attached).
would it be possible to
a- retain the file originally created date
b- display that in explorer, instead of date modified.

Thanks,
Ben
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Thank you my experts!