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Batch Close opened files of all users except one

Fileserver 2019. I want to close all opened files except for one user.

for /f "skip=4 tokens=1" %%a in ('net files') do net files %%a /close

Now, I tried to exclude a specific user with its files, I see that the user is stored in third token.

for /F "skip=4 tokens=3" %%a in ('net files^|findstr /i "Andrew"') do echo %%a

But I don't know how to close a file if I'm searching only username token. How to return back to file id? So I tried with net session:

net session \\<ip> /delete

But I have several users connected from the same IP address, so I cannot use this. Any idea?

Solution 
  • for /F "skip=4 tokens=1,3" %%a in ('net files') do if /i "%%b" neq "Andrew" ECHO net files %%a /close

    Should show you the files to be closed [theory] if so, remove the ECHO keyword to activate.

    A representative sample from net files would make this question easier to answer, I believe. Not everyone uses a multi-user environment.