Delete file from sub folder but want to exclude one sub folder-batch file

Question

I have parent folder name parent, inside parent folder there are subfolder01, subfolder02 and default folders.

Each folder contains one jar file with same name (abc.jar). I want to delete jar file from subfolder01 and subfolder02 not from default folder.

How to exclude default folder when giving cmd like del /s *.abc.jar?

Answer 1

You need a for loop with /F option, which will allow the loop to parse the output of dir command. A possible solution:

batch-file:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%A IN ('dir "parent_folder" /b /s /A:D') do set "my_var=%%A" && if "!my_var:\default\=!"=="!my_var!" (del !my_var!\abc.jar)

cmd

cmd /v:on
for /f "delims=" %A IN ('dir "parent_folder" /b /s /A:D') do set "my_var=%A" && if "!my_var:\default\=!"=="!my_var!" (del !my_var!\abc.jar)