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Quickly and easily remove all .s# and .b# files

autodeskguest

If you're anything like me, you sometimes want to get rid of the .s# and

.b# files because you have completed something and don't need them

anymore or have an extensive backup system, or whatever. Here's a simple

batch file script I created with the help of a forgotten site that will

remove all of them from all directories. It's recursive, so I place the

batch file in my projects directory and run it on occasion.

 

Copy and paste this into a file named remove_s#_b#.bat:

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /A-D /S .s#') DO del "%%G"

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /A-D /S .b#') DO del "%%G"

 

 

Travis

 

  • Travis G wrote on Wed, 11 November 2009 16:13

    FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /A-D /S .s#') DO del "%%G"

    FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /A-D /S .b#') DO del "%%G"

     

    I don't see the advantage over the simpler and more obvious:del .s# .b#

    /q /sI use the even simpler:del # /q /s

     

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  • I don't see the advantage over the simpler and more obvious:del .s# .b#

    /q /sI use the even simpler:del # /q /s

     

     

    It's only obvious if you know about it image

    I didn't realize that the del command had a recursive switch, and that

    method didn't come up in any of my google searches at the time...

     

    I learn something new all the time... Now if I can just remember it for

    next time image

     

  • "Travis G" <fightspammers@gmail.com> wrote in message

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    I don't see the advantage over the simpler and more obvious:del .s#

    .b#

    /q /sI use the even simpler:del # /q /s

     

     

    It's only obvious if you know about it image

    I didn't realize that the del command had a recursive switch, and that

    method didn't come up in any of my google searches at the time...

     

    I learn something new all the time... Now if I can just remember it for

    next time image

     

    If you want to use windows to quickly do this then:

     

    open windows explorer

    right-click on the directory

    select search

    type .#*

    left-click in right pane

    ctrl A

    del

     

    This can do all your projects if you select the directory high enough up the

    tree.

     

     

     

  • in reply to autodeskguest

    Greg Erskine wrote on Wed, 09 December 2009 01:00

    If you want to use windows to quickly do this then:

     

    I was talking about Windows, the command I mentioned is specifically for

    CMD.EXE, the standard Windows command line shell.  No penguins or red fruit

    were mentioned or implied in my message.

     

    Quote:

    open windows explorer

    right-click on the directory

    select search

    type .#*

    left-click in right pane

    ctrl A

    del

     

    I wouldn't call this "quick" compared to a single line command, but yes

    that should work too.  You can't script it, include it automatically in

    your back procedure, and you have to put up with all that

    clickety-clicking, but it would work.

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  • "Olin Lathrop" <eagle@embedinc.com> wrote in message

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    Greg Erskine wrote on Wed, 09 December 2009 01:00

    If you want to use windows to quickly do this then:

     

    I was talking about Windows, the command I mentioned is specifically for

    CMD.EXE, the standard Windows command line shell.  No penguins or red

    fruit

    were mentioned or implied in my message.

     

    Quote:

    open windows explorer

    right-click on the directory

    select search

    type .#*

    left-click in right pane

    ctrl A

    del

     

    I wouldn't call this "quick" compared to a single line command, but yes

    that should work too.  You can't script it, include it automatically in

    your back procedure, and you have to put up with all that

    clickety-clicking, but it would work.

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    Thanks for the clarifaction but I understood what you meant. I use bat or

    perl scripts to automate my tasks but that is not normal practice anymore.

    Most people prefer Window interfaces. In some work environments you are not

    given access to CMD.exe

     

     

     

  • Greg Erskine wrote:

    "Olin Lathrop" <eagle@embedinc.com> wrote in message

    In some work environments you are not

    given access to CMD.exe

     

    Maybe direct access (via Start->Programs->... or Start->Run) is

    disabled. However, the following line inside a .cmd-file always allowed

    me to use the command line interactively:

    cmd.exe /K

     

    Don't tell your sysadmins image

     

     

    Regards,

    Christoph

     

  • "Christoph Wurzinger" <christoph.wurzinger@tugraz.at> wrote in message

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    Greg Erskine wrote:

    "Olin Lathrop" <eagle@embedinc.com> wrote in message In some work

    environments you are not given access to CMD.exe

     

    Maybe direct access (via Start->Programs->... or Start->Run) is disabled.

    However, the following line inside a .cmd-file always allowed me to use

    the command line interactively:

    cmd.exe /K

     

    Don't tell your sysadmins image

     

    Regards,

    Christoph

     

    Shhhh. I worked that one out many years ago. Don't tell anyone. image

     

     

     

  • in reply to autodeskguest

    Greg Erskine wrote on Thu, 10 December 2009 01:32

    I use bat or

    perl scripts to automate my tasks but that is not normal practice

    anymore.

    Most people prefer Window interfaces.

     

    That is only because most people don't have a clue about computers and are

    afraid of the command line because it looks too computer-ish.  We are on a

    technical forum here, specifically for people that know how to design

    circuits and can use a complicated program to help with that.  Don't judge

    everyone here by what the average idiot does.  Remeber that we are the

    people designing the stuff so that the average idiot can continue to be a

    idiot.

     

    One of the really nice and important features of Eagle is that it is

    essentially command based, with the clickety-click interface mostly layered

    on that.  That allows you to use the mouse for some interactions that are

    inherently graphical where a pointing device adds real value, but also

    allows scripting and encapsulating canned procedures.

     

    Quote:

    In some work environments you are not

    given access to CMD.exe

     

    I have never been exposed to that and wasn't aware of that, but as has

    already been pointed out anyone with enough smarts to run Eagle can

    trivially get around that.  It's really more of a intelligence test that

    anyone who is here should be able to pass, else they don't really belong

    here.

     

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