TM>> del /q/s/z anti-vir.dat > nul
 GM> Ahaaa.  This is the refinement that had escaped me.  I had thought the
 GM> "/q" switch would "quiet" everything from being displayed to the
 GM> screen, but it works only when the condition is "TRUE".  When the
 GM> condition is "FALSE", i.e., the file(s) do NOT exist, then the
 GM> display becomes "messy".  The " > nul" will handle that quite nicely,
 GM> thank you.
Use the /E switch to DEL.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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