bat function to find a file in folder and subfolders and do something with it.

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Davinel picture Davinel · Feb 4, 2012 · Viewed 21.9k times · Source

I need to find all files with specific filename(for example main.css) in folder and all subfolders and then do something with it(eg. rename, move, delete, add text line, etc)

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David Heffernan picture David Heffernan · Feb 4, 2012

This is what you need:

for /R %f in (main.css) do @echo "%f"

Naturally you would replace echo with whatever it is you wish to do to the file. You can use wildcards if you need to:

for /R %f in (*.css) do @echo "%f"

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