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-=> On 06-01-03 15:27, Renato Zambon <=-
-=> spoke to All about ffind => del <=-
RZ> Small doubt: how can I delete a list of files created by ffind?
RZ> Example:
RZ> ffind /b /t"blablabla" *.ext > deleta.lst
RZ> del ???
RZ> (??? = list of files in deleta.lst)
I don't know how to do it in 4DOS, but I'd take the list and use my
trusty QEDIT to insert a *del in front of each file name using its
column edit procedures. Then I'd snip out any extraneous info
following the file name using its block edit procedures. Stick an
"echo off" at the top, and save as deleta.bat or deleta.cmd so that I
could execute it.
But I'd be interested in hearing answers to the direct question.
Have you thought of attempting to pipe the output of ffind into the
delete command?
Looking at my documentation for 4NT, I see reference to {at}file lists.
Although I have never used them, it sounds like if you executed the
command line of
del {at}deleta.lst
then you would get what you want -- it would use deleta.lst as a list
of file names to delete, one at a time. Of course you could add on
the other parameters to del (silent, assume yes response etc.).
You might experiment and see if that works with 4DOS also?
dale (at) min (dot) net
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