How can I select specific files by name in a folder ?

Okay thanks in advance of this .
I have a list of lets say 10 file names.
They are in a text file.

I want to search a folder that has those file names, highlight and then i guess, reverse the highlight to all other files in that folder, so i can delete the other files, but preserve the names in this list i have.

Not sure how would i go about this. Or just at least, highlight cut these files ; by this name list, so i can paste
separate them into a different folder ; and delete all remaining files in the folder they were at. i know a bit wordy. im tried : ).


i have a software called Everything , by voidtools. im unsure if it can search muti names at once. then i could sort by path, and just cut and paste them .

If you want this semi-automated, as you describe, rather than fully scripted, this bit of PowerShell could help. Assuming your text file looks like this:

Code:

FIle1.txt
FIel2.pdf
FIle3.csv

and you Select All then copy to Clipboard. Then this code will take the Clipboard contents, create a search string that excludes those files, and copies that string to the Clipboard.

Code:

"FileName:NOT $(((gcb) -ne '') -join ' NOT ')" | scb

Produces the search string: FIleName:NOT FIle1.txt NOT FIel2.pdf NOT FIle3.csv

You can then paste that into the Search box of an Explorer window open to the folder containing the files.

This action could be accessed by a shortcut with the following target:

Code:

PowerShell -Command "'FIleName:NOT {0}' -f (((gcb) -ne '') -join ' NOT ') | scb"

KeithM said:

If you want this semi-automated, as you describe, rather than fully scripted, this bit of PowerShell could help. Assuming your text file looks like this:

Code:

FIle1.txt
FIel2.pdf
FIle3.csv

and you Select All then copy to Clipboard. Then this code will take the Clipboard contents, create a search string that excludes those files, and copies that string to the Clipboard.

Code:

"FileName:NOT $(((gcb) -ne '') -join ' NOT ')" | scb

Produces the search string: FIleName:NOT FIle1.txt NOT FIel2.pdf NOT FIle3.csv

You can then paste that into the Search box of an Explorer window open to the folder containing the files.

This action could be accessed by a shortcut with the following target:

Code:

PowerShell -Command "'FIleName:NOT {0}' -f (((gcb) -ne '') -join ' NOT ') | scb"

This is interesting but complicated for me having never done this it looks foreign to me .
And, yes i would want this automated because i can see myself doing this taste repeatedly through the year or two to come . Like a automated .Bat file . i had made bat files in the past ( with alot of help from this forum ) to rename equal number of files in a folder, from the names of files in a different folder in the same location. I had since lost that bat file since I had a system failure and lost all my files. That being one of the best bat files i had sadly its gone .and most of the evidence online is lost . stack overflow deleted my account i had much of that info at .anyway .

I'll try powershell suggestion in the coming days i suppose. thanks alot .