How do I find all subdirectories (any number of levels) named "x" using windows batch

You can use a Windows batch script to find all subdirectories (at any level) named "x" by using a recursive approach. Here's a sample batch script to achieve this:

batchCopy code
@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion



set "target_folder=C:\Your\Root\Folder"

set "search_name=x"



call :processFolder "%target_folder%"



exit /b



:processFolder

for /d %%d in ("%~1\*") do (

    if "%%~nxd"=="%search_name%" echo Found: %%~d

    call :processFolder "%%~d"

)

exit /b

Replace C:\Your\Root\Folder with the path of the root folder from which you want to start searching for subdirectories named "x".

Here's how the script works:

1. setlocal enabledelayedexpansion enables the use of delayed expansion to work with variables inside loops.

2. set "target_folder=C:\Your\Root\Folder" sets the target_folder variable to the root folder you want to start searching from.

3. set "search_name=x" sets the search_name variable to the name of the subdirectory you are looking for.

4. The :processFolder label defines a subroutine that takes a folder path as an argument and recursively processes all subdirectories.

5. The for /d %%d in ("%~1\*") loop iterates through all immediate subdirectories of the given folder (%~1).

6. if "%%~nxd"=="%search_name%" echo Found: %%~d checks if the subdirectory name (%%~nxd) matches the value of the search_name variable. If it matches, it echoes the full path of the subdirectory.

7. call :processFolder "%%~d" recursively calls the :processFolder subroutine for each subdirectory found, continuing the search at deeper levels.

8. exit /b is used to exit the subroutine.

After running the batch script, it will display all the subdirectories (at any level) named "x" under the specified root folder.