Find characters of filenames and delete files that do not match the search character

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How do I find characters in filenames and if found, delete all files that are not in search? For example: I have 5 file in directory with name:

1.Abc_123_abc.txt
2.Abc_456_abc.txt
3.Abc_789_abc.txt
4.Abc_012_abc.txt
5.Abc_012_abc.txt

What I have tried:

I need search name of file: "123" It results return found will delete 4 file 2,3,4,5 and repeat this when more files are added Can anyone help me do this?

Posted 27-Jan-21 16:36pm

Sơ Mi Tv

Updated 29-Jan-21 16:14pm

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2021-01-27T20:01:00

Solution 1

You could use something like this to get the non-matching files:

var files = from f in Directory.EnumerateFiles("C:\\Temp")
            where f.Contains("123") == false
            select f;

Posted 27-Jan-21 20:01pm

RickZeeland

Updated 27-Jan-21 20:10pm

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Sơ Mi Tv 29-Jan-21 21:26pm

Can you help me code delete file if the content in the search is not mactching as the file name to search?

RickZeeland 1-Feb-21 2:23am

Use foreach(file in files)
File.Delete(file);

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2021-01-27T20:10:00

Look at using the Directory.GetFiles method override that includes a search string: Directory.GetFiles Method (System.IO) | Microsoft Docs[^] - it returns an array of matching files.
The search string can't include negatives though, so there are two solutions:
1) Call GetFiles twice: once to get all "*.txt" files, and once to get just "*123*.txt" files. You can then use the Linq Except method to exclude them, giving you a list of files to delete.

C#

string[] all = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.txt");
string[] match = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*123*.txt");
var toDelete = all.Except(match);

You may have to change the sel3ect criteria if the folder path can contain the search string with teh second option.
2) Call Getfiles once to get all "*.txt" files, and then use the Linq Where method to remove the ones you want to keep:

C#

string[] all = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.txt");
var toDelete = all.Where(f => !f.ToLower().Contains("man"));

Sơ Mi Tv · Answer 3 · 2021-01-29T16:14:00

With your solution I don't really understand it yet. Can you help me with code in my project when I call DelFile ()?

C#

private void CompeteLog ()
        {
            string[] all = Directory.GetFiles(cbChoisePS.Text, "*.tar");
            string[] match = Directory.GetFiles(cbChoisePS.Text, "_ACB-");
            var toDelete = all.Except(match);
              \\ i don't understand we are delete file where?
         }

Find characters of filenames and delete files that do not match the search character

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