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I need to check a directory to see if there are any files whose file name contains a specific keyword and if there are, to delete them. Is this possible?
For example, delete all existing files in "C:\Folder" whose file name contains the keyword "Apple".
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Type the rm command, a space, and then the name of the file you want to delete. If the file is not in the current working directory, provide a path to the file's location. You can pass more than one filename to rm . Doing so deletes all of the specified files.
How do I remove or access a file with the name '-something' or containing another strange character ? If your file starts with a minus, use the -- flag to rm; if your file is named -g, then your rm command would look like rm -- -g.
You can do this using the Windows GUI. Enter "*. wlx" in the search box in explorer. Then after the files have been found, select them all (CTRL-A) and then delete using the delete key or context menu.
To expand on Henk's answer, you need:
string rootFolderPath = @"C:\\SomeFolder\\AnotherFolder\\FolderCOntainingThingsToDelete"; string filesToDelete = @"*DeleteMe*.doc"; // Only delete DOC files containing "DeleteMe" in their filenames string[] fileList = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(rootFolderPath, filesToDelete); foreach(string file in fileList) { System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(file + "will be deleted"); // System.IO.File.Delete(file); } BE VERY CAREFUL!
Note that I've commented out the delete command. Run it and test it carefully before you let it actually delete anything!
If you wish to recursively delete files in ALL subfolders of the root folder, add ,System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories); to the GetFiles call.
If you do this it is also a very good idea to refuse to run if the rootFolderPath is less than about 4 characters long (a simple protection against deleting everything in C:\ - I've been there and done that and it's not fun!!!)
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