How to search a file in the whole drive and take action-batch

[Whitebeard1]

Hey guys i know i asked questions a lot, but im new to batch. So i want to make a batch file find a file anywhere in the drive and take action(eg, delete it, rename it.)
will IF EXIST work?
thanks

[Sidewinder]

Except for automation scripts, I am a big fan of batch file prompts. It eliminates remembering command line arguments and which order they are expected.

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@echo off
setlocal

set /p drive=Enter Drive:
set /p arg=Enter Search String:

if .%arg%==. (
  for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%i in ('dir %drive%:\ /a-d /s /b') do (
  echo %%i
)
) else (
    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%i in ('dir %drive%:\ /a-d /s /b ^| find /i "%arg%"') do (
      echo %%i
    )
)

User is prompted for both the drive letter and the file name. File names are searched to match the string entered by the user. Partial file names can be used.

 

[Whitebeard1]

Thanks alot sidewinder. this is very helpful., its exactly what i was trying to do.