Re: st: Removing multiple files in a directory - clean-up

[kohler@wzb.eu]

The command -ldta, e- from the package -dirtools- shows all names of dta
files in the current directory along with clickable links to describe, use
or erase the file. This can be helpful if you want to think twice before
erasing the file.

. ssc install dirtools

Uli


> I am using Stata 11.2 and am looking for a routine that will look for all
> of the .dta files in my specified directory and remove them once I have
> completed my analysis as a clean-up exercise.
>
> I am using the code below after I have run my regression analysis, to list
> and combine my datafiles created following the regression analysis, but I
> cant seem to find out how I can remove all of the unwanted .dta files
> after I have exported the master analysis as a .csv file. This is
> important as I will then go on to use the code below after another set of
> regressions saved in the same directory, and I don't want to combine
> regression results from different sets of analysis. Is there a way I can
> amend the code below to remove all the files:
>
> BEGIN CODE:
>
> cd c:\test1
> ! dir *.dta /a-d /b >c:\test1\filelist.txt
>
>
> file open myfile using c:\test1\filelist.txt, read
>
> file read myfile line
> use `line'
> save master_data, replace
>
> file read myfile line
> while r(eof)==0 { /* while you're not at the end of the file */
> 	append using `line'
> 	file read myfile line
> }
> file close myfile
> sort label2 analysis
> rename estimate odds_ratio
> drop order axis
> order label2 analysis  odds_ratio  min95 max95 stderr z p flag parm
> save master_data, replace
> rm c:\test1\filelist.txt
> outsheet using C:\test1\results\Section1.csv,c replace
>
> END CODE
>
> Best wishes
>
> Tim
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