Windows 10 Deleting files with Command Prompt

Legna

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How do I delete all files except for those who has the [!] in their file names?

EDIT:

Found a workaround. It's a free program called Bulk File Manager v1.6.
 
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You could do it in powershell. Suppose you wanted to delete all items in a folder on your desktop named test_dir that do not have a ! in them.

You could run the following.

Foreach ($file in (Get-ChildItem -Path $env:Userprofile\Desktop\test_dir -Recurse -File -Exclude *!*)) { Remove-Item $file.FullName }
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You could do it in powershell. Suppose you wanted to delete all items in a folder on your desktop named test_dir that do not have a ! in them.

You could run the following.

Foreach ($file in (Get-ChildItem -Path $env:Userprofile\Desktop\test_dir -Recurse -File -Exclude *!*)) { Remove-Item $file.FullName }
 
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