BATCH SCRIPT: How to search for fixed length filenames?

[DTeCH]

Hello guys, as you can see, there was no place to ask this question on bytes because there's no batch section.

Anyway, here goes.

I am having a hard time figuring out how to return only fixed length filenames that has been specified... like ????.exe, & would also like to know if there's a way to specify what not to include in the names, like _ . or any non-alphanumeric character.


I have tried the following, but I just don't know how to deal with forcing the return of FIXED length filenames only.

@echo off
 
echo.
echo ####################################################################
echo File Deleter v1.0 - 2012 by: DTeCH
echo ####################################################################
echo.
if exist %APPDATA%\????.exe goto Detected  <-----( Here )
if not exist %APPDATA%\????.exe goto NotDetected <-----( Here )
 
:Detected
echo Files Detected. Deleting...
cd %APPDATA%
del ????.dll /s <-----( Here )
echo.
echo Done :)
echo.
goto LetsContinue
 
:NotDetected
echo Files NOT Detected... Hooray!
echo :D
echo.
 
:LetsContinue
echo ####################################################################
echo.
TIMEOUT /T 15 /NOBREAK
 

The Wild Card character * allows any length of characters to match, & returns unwanted files. I need to return only specific length file names.

*.exe does not work for this. Is there any other characters I can use to specify a fixed length of chars, or some other method?


Can someone shine a light here for me please? :)

Thanks.

[Rabbit]

This has been moved to the windows forum because when you say batch, I assume you're talking about a windows batch script.

[DTeCH]

yes, sorry :)

It is a windows Batch script. Thanks Rabbit