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If you want to delete, for example, only .bak and .tmp files throughout a directory tree, including some subdirs but excluding others, then sfk delete may help with its very flexible file selection syntax.

- download the free swiss file knife base from sourceforge.
- unpack the tool using winzip or unzip.
- open the Windows Command Line or a Linux shell.

sfk delete dir ext1 [ext2 ...] [-yes]
sfk deltree targetdir [-yes]
sfk del -dir dir1 dir2 -file .ext1

   delete files or dirs, even if they're write protected.
   deltree or rmtree deletes a directory tree with all contents.

   options
      -yes         really delete the files. without option -yes,
                   del only lists the files that would be deleted.
      -withdirs    if you supply a file mask other than "*",
      or -wdir     and file deletion leads to an empty directory,
                   then the directory is removed as well. if you
                   supply no file mask (or "*"), then every
                   empty directory is always deleted. this option
                   cannot be used with chaining, as chaining passes
                   only filenames, but no processed directory names.
      -hidden      include hidden and system files.
                   this option is default when using deltree.

   lazy confirmation on command chaining
      if you selected files in a command chain, then want to add +del
      you may type "+del." (with a dot) or "+del!" (windows only)
      instead of "+del -yes" to actually delete the files.

   examples
      sfk del -withdirs src .bak
         deletes .bak files within src and all subdirs.
         if a directory contained only .bak files,
         it is deleted as well.

      sfk del -yes -withdirs -hidden tmp
         delete tmp with all files, including hidden files.

      sfk deltree. tmp
         the same as above, with "." as a short for -yes.

      sfk list -dir src -file foo*.hpp +del
         first list target files, then add +del

      sfk fromclip +del
         take a list of filenames from clipboard and delete them.
         see "sfk help shell" on how to configure your windows
         command prompt, to allow easy copying of filename lists.
 
example with output:

   I plan to delete all .bak files in directory tree "src1",
   and all .tmp files in  directory tree "src2":

   sfk del -dir src1 -file .bak -dir src2 -file .tmp
   
      [simulating:]
      DEL : src1\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarGlass.bak
      DEL : src1\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarMug.bak
      DEL : src1\FooBank\DB\include\DBController.bak
      DEL : src1\FooBank\GUI\include\FooGUI.bak
      DEL : src2\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarGlass.tmp
      DEL : src2\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarMug.tmp
      DEL : src2\FooBank\DB\include\DBController.tmp
      DEL : src2\FooBank\GUI\include\FooGUI.tmp
      10 files would be deleted. 
      [say -yes, -del. or -del! to execute.]

   But I see: oops, I want to keep DBController.bak as it may be
   needed later... same applies for FooGUI.tmp. No problem -
   above is just a simulation, so nothing happened yet.

   I adapt the command to:

   sfk del -dir src1 -file .bak !DBCon -dir src2 -file .tmp !FooGUI

      [simulating:]
      DEL : src1\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarGlass.bak
      DEL : src1\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarMug.bak
      DEL : src1\FooBank\GUI\include\FooGUI.bak
      DEL : src2\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarGlass.tmp
      DEL : src2\FooBank\BarDriver\include\BarMug.tmp
      DEL : src2\FooBank\DB\include\DBController.tmp
      8 files would be deleted. 
      [say -yes, -del. or -del! to execute.]

   The result looks OK, so I add "-yes" to really delete the files.

read more about all sfk functions here.

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