Windows 命令删除所有文件，但指定的文件列表除外，这些文件的名称中可能包含空格

Question

I have a folder contains a list of files. I am using following command to delete all the files except the required files. If there is a file with spaces in the name then following command is failing. Say "File Name with space.txt" or "File 1.txt"

for /f %F in ('dir /b /a-d ^| findstr /vile "file1 file2 file3"') do del "%F"

I tried putting the file names in "" but no success.

Answer 1

You have two options with the FINDSTR command to accomplish this.

The first is to list each file individually with the /C option.

for /f "delims=" %F in ('dir /b /a-d ^| findstr /V /I /L /E /C:"file1" /C:"file2" /C:"file3"') do del "%F"

The other option is put all your search strings in a file, one on each line and use the /G option.

for /f "delims=" %F in ('dir /b /a-d ^| findstr /V /I /L /E /G:"search.txt"') do del "%F"