ForFiles Syntax

forfiles [-ppath] [-msearchmask] [-ccommand] [-d{+|-}{ddmmyyyy|dd}] [-s] [-v] [-?]

Where:

-ppath: indicates a path on which to start searching. The default folder is the current one from which forfiles is run (.).
-msearchmask: searches files according to searchmask. The default searchmask is *.*
-ccommand: indicates a command to execute on each file. Command strings with spaces must be enclosed in double quotation marks. The default command is "cmd /c echo @file".

The following variables can be used in a command string: @file, @file_without_ext, @ext, @path, @relpath, @isdir, @fsize, @fdate, @ftime.

To include special characters in the command line, use the hexadecimal code 0xHH.
-d{+|-}{ddmmyyyy|dd}: selects files with a date greater than or equal to (>=), or less than or equal to (<=), ddmmyyyy (UTC), or files with a date greater than or equal to (>=), or less than or equal to (<=), the current date minus dd days.
-s: instructs forfiles to recurse into subdirectories.
-v: runs forfiles in verbose mode.
-?: displays this usage screen. Usage can also be displayed by running forfiles without arguments.