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forfiles
Selects and runs a command on a file or set of files. This command is most commonly used in batch files.
Syntax
forfiles [/P pathname] [/M searchmask] [/S] [/C command] [/D [+ | -] [{<date> | <days>}]]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
/P <pathname>
Specifies the path from which to start the search. By default, searching starts in the current working directory.
/M <searchmask>
Searches files according to the specified search mask. The default searchmask is *.
/S
Instructs the forfiles command to search in subdirectories recursively.
/C <command>
Runs the specified command on each file. Command strings should be wrapped in double quotes. The default command is "cmd /c echo @file".
/D [{+\|-}][{<date> | <days>}]
Selects files with a last modified date within the specified time frame:Selects files with a last modified date later than or equal to (+) or earlier than or equal to (-) the specified date, where date is in the format MM/DD/YYYY.Selects files with a last modified date later than or equal to (+) the current date plus the number of days specified, or earlier than or equal to (-) the current date minus the number of days specified.Valid values for days include any number in the range 0–32,768. If no sign is specified, + is used by default.
/?
Displays the help text in the cmd window.
<pathname>
<searchmask>
*
<command>
"cmd /c echo @file"
[{+\|-}][{<date> | <days>}]
Remarks
The forfiles /S command is similar to dir /S.
forfiles /S
dir /S
You can use the following variables in the command string as specified by the /C command-line option:
Variable
Description
@FILE
File name.
@FNAME
File name without extension.
@EXT
File name extension.
@PATH
Full path of the file.
@RELPATH
Relative path of the file.
@ISDIR
Evaluates to TRUE if a file type is a directory. Otherwise, this variable evaluates to FALSE.
@FSIZE
File size, in bytes.
@FDATE
Last modified date stamp on the file.
@FTIME
Last modified time stamp on the file.
The forfiles command lets you run a command on or pass arguments to multiple files. For example, you could run the type command on all files in a tree with the .txt file name extension. Or you could execute every batch file (*.bat) on drive C, with the file name Myinput.txt as the first argument.
This command can:
Select files by an absolute date or a relative date by using the /d parameter.
Build an archive tree of files by using variables such as @FSIZE and @FDATE.
Differentiate files from directories by using the @ISDIR variable.
Include special characters in the command line by using the hexadecimal code for the character, in 0xHH format (for example, 0x09 for a tab).
This command works by implementing the recurse subdirectories flag on tools that are designed to process only a single file.
recurse subdirectories