i have a folder with 2K+ files in it, i need to delete around 200, i have a txt file with all the file names i need removed ordered in a list, how do i remove the specific files from the folder using the list? (OS is windows 7)
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Simple way is copy the txt file to a file called mydel.bat in the directory of the files to delete. Using an editor like MSWORD edit this file. Do a global replace on Newline normally ^p in MSWORD. Replace it with "space/Y^pdelspace". This will change
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Edit the fist line to add the del space and delete the last line. Run the batch command. | |||||||||
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Type this on the command line, substituting your file for
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Using PowerShell:
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I imagine it can be done with powershell. Knowing Perl, I tend to use it for this sort of thing
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