Forfiles command in Windows
The forfiles command selects and executes a command on a file or set of files. This command is very useful for batch processing.
For an example of how to use this command, please see the example below.
Syntax forfiles command
forfiles [/p ] [/m ] [/s] [/c " "] [/d [{+|-}][{|}]]
forfiles [/p ] [/m ] [/s] [/c " "] [/d [{+|-}][{|}]]
Parameters
Parameter Description / p Specifies the path from which the command starts searching. By default, the search starts in the current directory. / m Search for files according to the specified search mash. The default search mash is *. *. / s Indicates the search forfiles command recursively in the subdirectory. / c "- Select the file whose date is modified later or equal to (+) or earlier or equal to (-) the specified date, in which Date has the format MM / DD / YYYY.
- Select the file with the date to be modified later or equal to the current (+) date plus the number of days specified or earlier or equal to (-) the current date minus the specified number of days.
- Valid values for Days include any number in the range from 0 to 32,768. If no indication is specified, + is used by default. /? Show help at the command prompt.
Note
- Forfiles are often used in batch files.
- Forfiles / s is similar to dir / s .
- You can use the following variables in the command string, when specified by the command line option / c:
- With forfiles, you can run the above command or pass arguments to multiple files. For example, you can run the type command on all files in a directory tree with the .txt file name extension . Or you can execute all batch files (* .bat) on drive C, with the file name "Myinput.txt" as the first argument.
- With forfiles, you can do any of the following:
- Select file by absolute date or relative date using parameter / d.
- Create a tree that stores files using variables like @FSIZE and @FDATE.
- Differentiate files from directories using the @ISDIR variable .
- Include special characters in the command line using hexadecimal code for characters, in 0xHH format (eg 0x09 for a tab).
- Forfiles work by deploying recurse subdirectories on tools designed to handle only a single file.
For example
To list all batch files on drive C, enter:
forfiles /pc: /s /m *.bat /c "cmd /c echo @file is a batch file"
To list all folders on drive C, enter:
forfiles /pc: /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo @file is a directory"
To list all files in the current directory that have existed for at least a year, enter:
forfiles /s /m *.* /d -365 /c "cmd /c echo @file is at least one year old."
To display the " File is outdated" text for each file in the current directory, existing before January 1, 2007, enter:
forfiles /s /m *.* /d -01/01/2007 /c "cmd /c echo @file is outdated."
To list the file name extension of all files in the current directory in column format and add a tab before the extension, enter:
forfiles /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c echo The extension of @file is 0x09@ext"
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