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📂 Finding Files

Search for files recursively

dir /s /b *keyword*.*

Find all PDFs in current dir and subdirs

dir /s /b *.pdf

Locate all .txt files from current location

where /r . *.txt

Copy all JPGs to backup folder

for %F in (*.jpg) do copy "%F" backup\

Copy folder with subdirectories

xcopy /s /e source_folder dest_folder\

Fast copy (multithreaded)

robocopy source dest /E /MT:8

Change file extension

ren *.txt *.bak

Add prefix to filenames

for %F in (*.pdf) do ren "%F" "prefix_%F"

Delete temp files quietly

del /q *.tmp

Delete matching files

for %F in (*old*.pdf) do del "%F"

Delete folder and contents

rmdir /s /q folder_name

Sort files by extension into folders

for %F in (*.*) do md "%~xF" 2>nul & move "%F" "%~xF\"

Move PDFs with certain string to folder

for %F in (*keyword*.pdf) do move "%F" target_folder\

List files to text file

for %F in (*.pdf) do echo "%F" >> filelist.txt

Delete .log files recursively

for /r %F in (*.log) do del "%F"

Delete files smaller than 1KB

for %F in (*) do if %~zF LSS 1024 del "%F"

Export PDF list to file

dir /b /s *.pdf > pdf_list.txt

Hide all text files

attrib +h *.txt

Unhide all text files

attrib -h *.txt