How to delete all Files not listed in "FileName" variable?
4 views (last 30 days)
Show older comments
Hello everybody,
I have the file lists to be kept and other files should be deleted from the folders.
I tried as below. and error occures that Error using delete, Name must be a text scalar.
Is there a way to delete the files not listed in "FileName" variable?
clear; close all; clc;
% viriable "FileName" is the image file to be kept.
% and other files not listed in "FileName" should be deleted.
FileName = ["q1.jpg";"q2.jpg";"q3.jpg"];
temp = table(FileName);
MyFolderInfo = dir(fullfile(pwd, '*'));
MyFolderInfo = MyFolderInfo(~ismember({MyFolderInfo.name},{'.','..'}));
fileList = string({MyFolderInfo.name});
noNeed = [];
for i=1:length(fileList)
if ~strcmp(fileList(i),FileName)
noNeed = [noNeed; fileList(i)];
end
end
F = fullfile(pwd,noNeed);
delete(F) % Errr occures of Error using delete, Name must be a text scalar.
0 Comments
Accepted Answer
More Answers (0)
See Also
Categories
Find more on Environment and Settings in Help Center and File Exchange
Community Treasure Hunt
Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!
Start Hunting!