DOS command info

[CMonster]

Is there a DOS command that will delete all of a certain kind of file extension? for example if I wanted to delete all files on my hard drive with the extension .xyz?

thanks in advance

[blondini]

a good one to use in your autoexec.bat is deltree/y c:\windows\temp\*.tmp so at boot up it keeps the temp folder from filling up with useless temp files, you could use just the del command ie. del *.tmp or del *.ini or del *.exe whichever, the asterix is used as a wildcard

[WhoKnowsWho]

The simple delete command works, del *.xyz which would delete all files of that type, but I do not know of any way to do that in all directories at once. Searching for all the files (dir *.xyz /s) would show you all of the files but you would still need to manually give the path. If you find some way, tell me it too!

Edit: the other reply was done right before I hit submit... I'm not just saying the same thing again on purpose really... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by WhoKnowsWho (edited 06-29-99).]

[Logicbit]

To delete all files with .xyz extension in the root directory and all sub-directories would be:

del C:\*.xyz /s

For other options with DOS commands; drop to a command prompt and type in desired command with /? and | more (in case output is more than one screen full):

del/? | more

or

del/? /p (pause)

Be well...

[TGuelker]

If you are running Win9x, right click on My Computer and find all files with the extension *.xyz and then highlight and delete them. Do you want this to be done automatically? Then add this line to your autoexec.bat without the quotes
"del c:\*.xyz /s"

[CMonster]

Thank you all very, very much!