Deleting files equal to 0 in a batch file
Question
Deleting files equal to 0 in a batch file.
Additional information
Users who wish to keep their system clean from any files that have no data within them or delete files once data has been removed may need to delete a file equal to 0 from a batch file.
Answer
Below is an example of a simple for command that could be put into a batch file to delete the "pics.txt" file if it existed and was equal to 0. In this example you would need to know what file you're looking for.
for /F %%A in ("pics.txt") do If %%~zA equ 0 del pics.txt
If you are looking for all files equal to 0 you would need to create a loop and a similar command for this to work is shown below.
FOR %%F IN (*.*) DO (
IF %%~zF LSS 1 DEL %%F
)
The above example will go through all files in the current directory, and if less than 1 in file size, delete the file.
- See the for command page for additional information about this command.