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how to delete a directory in cmd, without deleting its content?

Im new to cmd, and I was given a task to delete a directory, without deleting its content, in one line. How can I do that? I had already tried rmdir and del, but they remove the content of the directory along with it. I thought about using move first in order to move the content, but I have no idea as for how to do it along with deleting the folder in one line. Any help would be much appreciated

Solution

  • Like this on all Microsoft OSes since 2000, and still good today:

    dir & echo foo

    If you want the second command to execute only if the first exited successfully:

    dir && echo foo

    As answered here.

    So you can easily move, then delete the folder all in one line.