Deletion of JSON* files by batch file

Why does a batch file saying

'del C:\Data\Firefox\Bookmarks\ /q'

not delete the JSON* files from \bookmarks\ ?
or
What batchfile code will delete JSON* files from \bookmarks\ ?

The command you gave would just delete all files in that folder you specified, and not in subfolders.

To remove files with .json extension, you would do

del /q "C:\Data\Firefox\Bookmarks\*.json"

If you wanted to remove them from subfolders also

del /q /s "C:\Data\Firefox\Bookmarks\*.json"

Edited by pseymour, 27 August 2023 - 02:38 PM.

You code differs from mine by only the position of '/q' - which you have after 'del' and I had at the end of the line.

In a week's time, I will report on the effectiveness of relocating '/q'.

It differs by more than that. I also explained what your command does.

The question of subfolders does not arise - all the files I want deleted are in just C:\Data\Firefox\Bookmarks\.

If you are referring to '*.jsonlz4' as another difference, I apologize for not recognizing that.

I misrepresented the code in my batch file - that did include '*.jsonlz4'

Relocating the '/q' has caused no improvement.

Relocating the /q would make no difference; I never said it did. Also, now you've specified jsonlz4, which would have been helpful before.

Are you getting any kind of error message?

Edited by pseymour, 19 September 2023 - 07:46 AM.

I apologize for the wild goose chase - I misread the symptoms; my own efforts at deletion were successful but misunderstood.