Batch file to delete files older than N days

Question

I am looking for a way to delete all files older than 7 days in a batch file. I\'ve searched around the web, and found some examples with hundreds of lines of code, and oth

Answer 1

My script to delete files older than a specific year :

@REM _______ GENERATE A CMD TO DELETE FILES OLDER THAN A GIVEN YEAR
@REM _______ (given in _olderthanyear variable)
@REM _______ (you must LOCALIZE the script depending on the dir cmd console output)
@REM _______ (we assume here the following line's format "11/06/2017  15:04            58 389 SpeechToText.zip")

@set _targetdir=c:\temp
@set _olderthanyear=2017

@set _outfile1="%temp%\deleteoldfiles.1.tmp.txt"
@set _outfile2="%temp%\deleteoldfiles.2.tmp.txt"

  @if not exist "%_targetdir%" (call :process_error 1 DIR_NOT_FOUND "%_targetdir%") & (goto :end)

:main
  @dir /a-d-h-s /s /b %_targetdir%\*>%_outfile1%
  @for /F "tokens=*" %%F in ('type %_outfile1%') do @call :process_file_path "%%F" %_outfile2%
  @goto :end

:end
  @rem ___ cleanup and exit
  @if exist %_outfile1% del %_outfile1%
  @if exist %_outfile2% del %_outfile2%
  @goto :eof

:process_file_path %1 %2
  @rem ___ get date info of the %1 file path
  @dir %1 | find "/" | find ":" > %2
  @for /F "tokens=*" %%L in ('type %2') do @call :process_line "%%L" %1
  @goto :eof

:process_line %1 %2
  @rem ___ generate a del command for each file older than %_olderthanyear%
  @set _var=%1
  @rem  LOCALIZE HERE (char-offset,string-length)
  @set _fileyear=%_var:~0,4%
  @set _fileyear=%_var:~7,4%
  @set _filepath=%2
  @if %_fileyear% LSS %_olderthanyear% echo @REM %_fileyear%
  @if %_fileyear% LSS %_olderthanyear% echo @del %_filepath%
  @goto :eof

:process_error %1 %2
  @echo RC=%1 MSG=%2 %3
  @goto :eof