Remove files recursively that match a regex or file extension

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1

Hi,

Are there any examples of removing files that match a regex or particular file extension?

i.e. remove all files, starting from the root and all sub-folders (recursively) that end with .cs

 

 

2

Hi,

Please find the attached project file which uses a Fileset to recursively find all .cs files and then logs (or deletes) them.

Regards,
Paul.

ExampleFileset.fbz6 (1.774 KB)
3

Thanks!

So I basically do the same, but use the 'FileSet Delete Files' action to delete the files instead of logging.

 

 

4

Do you support regex at all?

Say I want to get all folders that have: .svn in my entire project.

5

Hi,

Filesets don’t support using regular expressions to match a path, you’ll need to use a File Iterator with a filespec of . and then use the If … Then action to check whether each file matches the regex.

> Say I want to get all folders that have: .svn in my entire project.

You don’t need a regex for this, you can just use a FileSet with the mask *.svn and check ‘Directories Only’.

Regards,
Paul.

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Hi,

My mistake, filesets do support using regular expressions. You need to set the include pattern as ., then on the Filters tab add a ‘Path Contains’ filter and enable the Use Regular Expression option.

Regards,
Paul.