Need a recursive utility

[fdwojo]

Hey there folks. I'm in need of a utility that can either:

1) allow me to execute a standard DOS/CMD command in every sub-directory of a particular folder
  or
2) create a 0-byte file in every sub-directory of a particular folder, all with the same name of my choice.

Way back in the day of Windows 95 and MS-DOS, I had a tool that would do option #1, but it seems those older 16-bit tools don't work in Windows 10. I've tried the FOR /R tool, but it doesn't seem to be able to create files, only manipulate existing files which is no help.

Does anyone know where I could find a tool like that? *** or *** could someone here write a utility that will do that?

Thanks for reading! Please let me know if you have any thoughts of an existing tool, or if creating one is possible.

[4wd]

Simple PowerShell script to create zero byte file in all sub-directories:

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. <#
2. p0b.ps1
3.  
4. In a Powershell console:
5.  
6. path/to/p0b.ps1 -dir <dir> -file <file>
7.  
8. Example:
9.  
10. ./p0b.ps1 -dir r:/abc -file hello.txt
11.  
12. #>
13.  
14. param (
15.   [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$dir,
16.   [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$file
17. )
18.  
19. # Get a list of all sub-dirs
20. Get-ChildItem -Path $dir -Recurse -Directory | `
21. # For each one create a file
22.   ForEach-Object { New-Item "$($_)/$($file)" -ItemType File -Force}

NOTE: The -Force parameter will cause existing files to be overwritten, remove it if necessary.

PS. PowerShell doesn't care what you use for a path separator, / or \

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could someone here write a utility that will do that?

-fdwojo (May 27, 2021, 05:35 PM)

Hi there! Adding RecuRUN to the thread:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=51481.0

Need a recursive utility

Enjoy!
Vic