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Delete files containing known text

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I'm trying to find a way via either batch file or VBS to check the contents of a large number of .TXT files in a particular directory for the words "delivery failure" (case insensitive) and delete only the files that contain that phrase. I have thousands of files to go through, so a script of some sort is going to be a must. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 5, 2008 at 05:47:50 Pacific

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@echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b *.txt') do ( find /i "delivery failure" < %%a > nul if not errorlevel 1 echo del %%a ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

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Outstanding! Thank you very much; it works perfectly!!!

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