Windows forfiles (Delete history files)

Introduction

Forfiles is a batch delete command that comes with Windows, it is a good choice to judge the history file by using it to judge the time by the modification Date property of the file itself.

Grammar

forfiles [/P Path] [/M searchmask] [/s] [/C Command] [/d [{+ |-}] [{mm/dd/yyyy | DD}]]

[/P Path]: Specifies the path, of course, the directory can be used "." [/M Searchmask]: Search By default is *. * [/s]: Traverse subdirectories for search, including current directory [/d [{+ |-}] [{mm/dd/yyyy | DD}]]: Select a file with a date greater than or equal to (+) (or less than or equal to (-)) specified date, default +where mm/DD/YYYY is the specified date, DD is the current date minus DD days, and the default is DD. The effective range of DD is 0-32768For example:/D- the: Find files up to 15 days ago/d ./ A/9: Specifies that the found file date is 2016/ A/9[/C Command]: Specifies the command to execute in the format [/C"cmd/c rd/s/q @path"]; double quotes inside the/c followed by the command to be executed. Variable: @file display file name @fname displays a file name with no extension @ext displays the full path to the file extension @path the relative path of the @relpath file @isdir if the file type is a directory, evaluates to True, otherwise the value is False@fsize Displays the file size in bytes @fdate display the last modified date stamp in the file @ftime display the last modified timestamp in the file

Example

1. Lookfor files or folders with the name "--" in the "D:\ Backup \ Data" directoryand the modification time greater than 15 days

forfiles.exe/p d:\backup\data/m *-*-*/d-"cmd/c echo @path"

2. Delete,/s/q (the file is also deleted under the/S folder,/q Force Delete is not prompted)

forfiles.exe/p d:\backup\data/m *-*-*/d-"cmd/c rd/s/q @path"

Note: path does not support "\\url\" This shared path, RD (delete folder), Del (delete file)

Summary

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Windows forfiles (Delete history files)