DOS Command

cianr

Hi All,

Can anyone help me on this. Im looking for a dos command (or any other way) to delete certain file types from all sub-directories in a certain folder. For example to delete all gif files but leave the rest in place - any ideas?

Thanks!:)

Khannie

in the "or any other way" section....

in windows explorer, right click, search for *.gif, highlight them all, right click, delete.

Villain

Or go to search select the folder you want to search in and enter *.gif as your search, then Ctrl+A and hit Shift+Del

randomname2005

I dont have a dos command in front of me (Linux user) but maybe what Khannie suggests isnt that far off target! if you do a
dir /s *.<filetype>
or is it
dir *.<filetype> /s
it will list all the files of that type, (I think) including the sub directories so you may be able to replace dir with delete.
http://www.computerhope.com/delhlp.htm
has a syntax of the delete command
Hope thats of some help
R

Draupnir

Why he wouldnt do this with windows explorer, jesus knows.

I'd imagine del *.gif in the directory you want should do the trick

cianr

Guys thanks to all of you for your help! That's exactly what I want - using explorer and searching for *.gif worked perfectly. Thanks for your help!