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Delete files in a folder

vishwasanj — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:50:12 GMT

Hi All,

Is there a way to delte all .txt,.csv,.jrn and .png files in a folder before running a script to repopulate everything?

I do want to keep my. json file in the same folder.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your time and effort.

txnelson — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:58:41 GMT

You can use

Y = Files In Directory( <Path"=> );

to get the files, and then loop through the list of files and determine if the file is of the type you want to delete, and then delete it

If(word(=1,Y[i],".") == "txt",
    r= Delete File(<path> || Y[i]);
);

vishwasanj — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:24:09 GMT

Is there a way to count from the left as I have "." in the name also?

txnelson — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:34:40 GMT

Oops, the word() functions reference should have been

If(word(-1,Y[i],".") == "txt"

negative values indicate to count from the right, positive values count from the left

Go to

Help==>Scripting Index==Functions==>Character==>Word

for documentation and example