I want to write a batch file to delete all audio/video files under multiple folders (folder names are 0-99999, not consecutive, some may be missing). Please, experts, help answer this. Thanks.
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Posted 2006-09-26 22:52 · 中国 广东 广州 天河区 电信
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Why not just delete the parent directory directly?
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Posted 2006-09-26 23:54 · 中国 广东 广州 天河区 电信
There are other files in the directories too,
like web page files and so on...
The requirement is only to delete audio/video files
At present, deleting the audio/video files has already been solved
But I don't know how to determine the folders...
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like web page files and so on...
The requirement is only to delete audio/video files
At present, deleting the audio/video files has already been solved
But I don't know how to determine the folders...
Begging the experts for an answer
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The simplest method:
del /s /a /q *.avi
Check whether the folder exists, then execute the code to delete audio/video files under that folder:
@echo off
for /l %%i in (0,1,9999) do (
if exist %%i (
del /s /a /q %%i\*.avi
)
)
pause
del /s /a /q *.avi
Check whether the folder exists, then execute the code to delete audio/video files under that folder:
@echo off
for /l %%i in (0,1,9999) do (
if exist %%i (
del /s /a /q %%i\*.avi
)
)
pause
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Posted 2006-09-27 01:30 · 中国 广东 广州 天河区 电信
This has a bit of a problem. If the folder name starts with 0, for example 0123, then the files in that kind of folder can't be deleted.
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Explain the pattern of the folder names!
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setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /f %%i in ('dir/ad/b') do (
set /a varnum=%%i
if not !varnum!==0 (
del /q %%i\*.avi
del /q %%i\*.wmv
del /q %%i\*.mpg
del /q %%i\*.mpeg
del /q %%i\*.rm
del /q %%i\*.rmvb
del /q %%i\*.mov
del /q %%i\*.divx
rem If that's still not enough, add some more yourself
)
)
0 00 000 0000 00000 000000 ...these directories aren't handled, but I guess you probably don't have directories like these anyway ^_^
[ Last edited by NaturalJ0 on 2006-9-27 at 02:45 ]
for /f %%i in ('dir/ad/b') do (
set /a varnum=%%i
if not !varnum!==0 (
del /q %%i\*.avi
del /q %%i\*.wmv
del /q %%i\*.mpg
del /q %%i\*.mpeg
del /q %%i\*.rm
del /q %%i\*.rmvb
del /q %%i\*.mov
del /q %%i\*.divx
rem If that's still not enough, add some more yourself
)
)
0 00 000 0000 00000 000000 ...these directories aren't handled, but I guess you probably don't have directories like these anyway ^_^
[ Last edited by NaturalJ0 on 2006-9-27 at 02:45 ]
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Posted 2006-09-27 02:36 · 中国 广东 广州 天河区 电信
They contain only numbers, no other characters at all, and no spaces
The way the numbers are combined is unrestricted. It can be 0, or 654, or 0654, etc. The position of 0 is unrestricted
The way the numbers are combined is unrestricted. It can be 0, or 654, or 0654, etc. The position of 0 is unrestricted
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Try the code below, it might be useful (the code is for demonstration purposes; if you think it's reliable, just change the later echo %%i to del /q %%i):
@echo off
for /f %%i in ('dir /ad /b') do (
echo %%i| findstr "^*$">nul && echo %%i
)
pause
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Posted 2006-09-28 05:34 · 中国 广东 广州 电信
Someone gave me a code snippet yesterday, pretty similar to this one
But there's a bit of a problem
This will delete audio/video files in all number-named folders under a certain drive letter
Now my boss's instruction is: only audio/video files in folders whose parent directory is numeric, and whose subdirectory name is also numeric, may be deleted
That is: for example D:/music/123/*.rm files like this cannot be deleted
But: D：3213/321/*.rm files like this need to be deleted
Waiting for an expert's guidance
But there's a bit of a problem
This will delete audio/video files in all number-named folders under a certain drive letter
Now my boss's instruction is: only audio/video files in folders whose parent directory is numeric, and whose subdirectory name is also numeric, may be deleted
That is: for example D:/music/123/*.rm files like this cannot be deleted
But: D：3213/321/*.rm files like this need to be deleted
Waiting for an expert's guidance
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Originally posted by namejm at 2006-9-28 04:45:
Try the code below, it might be useful (the code is for demonstration purposes; if you think it's reliable, just change the later echo %%i to del /q %%i):
@echo off
for /f %%i in ('dir /ad /b') do (
...
Brother, that regular expression was used beautifully. The OP's folder names had no pattern to follow (if you talk about a pattern, then only stripping leading zeros and comparing, which isn't advisable). But the regular expression matches folders named with 0-9, successfully solving this difficult problem.
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Posted 2006-09-28 05:58 · 中国 广东 广州 电信
pengfei, the program you gave above can solve this new requirement of mine
But the execution efficiency is too low, especially when the amount of data is large
Originally posted by tide2046 at 2006-9-28 05:34:
Someone gave me a code snippet yesterday, pretty similar to this one
But there's a bit of a problem
This will delete audio/video files in all number-named folders under a certain drive letter
Now my boss's instruction is: ...
But the execution efficiency is too low, especially when the amount of data is large
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After the OP tested it, the code below can achieve the intent of 'post #10', and the speed is not bad (for now, paths containing spaces have not been considered):
I actually wrote the English word for "path" as root, fixing it a bit, sigh~~~
Discussed it with pengfei and found that pushd and popd can be avoided, but then the del statement can't be replaced with an echo statement for testing. Deleting has risks, so please make a backup first before deleting.
[ Last edited by namejm on 2006-9-28 at 11:55 ]
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f %%i in ('dir /ad /b /s') do (
set route=%%i
set route_=!route:%cd%=!
set route_=!route_:\=!
echo !route_!|findstr "^*$">nul && (
for %%j in (avi wmv mpg mpeg rm rmvb mov divx mp3 wav wma swf) do (
if exist %%i\*.%%j del /a /f %%i\*.%%j
)
)
)
pause
I actually wrote the English word for "path" as root, fixing it a bit, sigh~~~
Discussed it with pengfei and found that pushd and popd can be avoided, but then the del statement can't be replaced with an echo statement for testing. Deleting has risks, so please make a backup first before deleting.
[ Last edited by namejm on 2006-9-28 at 11:55 ]
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at 2006-9-28 05:34:
This will delete audio/video files in all number-named folders under a certain drive letter
Now my boss's instruction is: only audio/video files in folders whose parent directory is numeric, and whose subdirectory name is also numeric, may be deleted
That is: for example D:/music/123/*.rm files like this cannot be deleted
But: D：3213/321/*.rm files like this need to be deleted Finally solved this difficult problem the group owner mentioned, but the speed is still very slow! Please remove the deletion first for testing... Just after posting I found that brother namijm had already written it, and the idea is pretty similar too!
@echo off
::__Delete the specified files in all subdirectories named with pure numbers under the current directory.
::__Before testing, please remove the line del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul first; if it works, then execute the deletion!
set root=%cd%
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /ad /b /s') do (
set route=%%i
set "route_=!route:%root%=!"
set "route_=!route_:\=!"
echo !route_!|findstr "^*$" 1>nul 2>nul && call :go
)
echo Code execution finished^^!
pause
::__For more audio/video types, add them below in the FOR statement in the current format.
:go
for %%c in (avi mp3 rm rmvb mp4 wmv wav swf) do (
if exist "!route!\*.%%c" (
echo Folder to operate on__!route!
del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul
)
)
goto :eof
[ Last edited by pengfei on 2006-9-28 at 20:35 ]
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Modified on the basis of the code in post #14, completely abandoning the regular expression usage in posts #13 and #14. So the speed has been greatly improved. Another advantage is that it can match directories that are not purely numeric (use with caution!). Tests showed that for the same task, post #14 needed about 28 seconds, while this code only needed about 9 seconds.
After repeated testing, it is completely normal and can be run in any directory. There is no problem of not being able to execute when directory names contain spaces. For safety, please first remove the line del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul for testing~~~!
A little suggestion for the OP: change del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul to echo Folder to operate on__!route!>>file.txt
Then when you open file.txt, the folders where deletion needs to be executed will be clear at a glance. Please change it back to del only after confirming it is safe.
[ Last edited by pengfei on 2006-9-28 at 23:05 ]
After repeated testing, it is completely normal and can be run in any directory. There is no problem of not being able to execute when directory names contain spaces. For safety, please first remove the line del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul for testing~~~!
@echo off
::__Quickly delete specified files in all subdirectories named with pure numbers under the current directory.
::__Before testing, please remove the line del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul first; if it works, then execute the deletion!
set root=%cd%
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /ad /b /s') do (
set route=%%i
set route_=!route!:
set "route_=!route_:%root%=!"
set "route_=!route_:\=!"
call :go
)
echo Code execution finished^^!
pause
:go
set num=!route_:~0,1!
if not "!num!"==":" (
set term=
for %%a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do (
if "!num!"=="%%a" (
set route_=!route_:~1!
set term=
goto go
)
)
if "!term!"=="" goto :eof
goto go
)
::__For more audio/video types, add them below in the FOR statement in the current format.
for %%c in (avi mp3 rm rmvb mp4 wmv wav swf) do (
if exist "!route!\*.%%c" (
echo Folder to operate on__!route!
del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul
)
)
goto :eof
A little suggestion for the OP: change del /a /q "!route!\*.%%c" 1>nul 2>nul to echo Folder to operate on__!route!>>file.txt
Then when you open file.txt, the folders where deletion needs to be executed will be clear at a glance. Please change it back to del only after confirming it is safe.
[ Last edited by pengfei on 2006-9-28 at 23:05 ]
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