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windowsbatch-filecmd

How to add multiple files in this same batch line

This code is used to remove all files and folders from the c:\test directory except "FolderA"

@echo off
pushd "C:\test" || exit /B 1
for /D %%D in ("*") do (
    if /I not "%%~nxD"== "FolderA" rd /S /Q "%%~D"
)
for %%F in ("*") do (
    del "%%~F"
)
popd

In case I want to omit more than one folder, how could I add it? i mean delete everything except FolderA FolderB and Folder C (Names can contain spaces)

this doesn't work

@echo off
pushd "C:\test" || exit /B 1
for /D %%D in ("*") do (
    if /I not "%%~nxD"== "FolderA" "FolderB" "Folder C" rd /S /Q "%%~D"
)
for %%F in ("*") do (
    del "%%~F"
)
popd
Solution

  • You can produce a logical AND if you write if-clauses in a row:

    if /I not "%%~nxD" == "FolderA" if /I not "%%~nxD" == "FolderB" if /I not "%%~nxD" == "FolderC" rd /S /Q "%%~D"