Removing subfolders with same name

I have a series of folders with unique names but the sub folders have the same names:

Folder 1

Subfolder A

Subfolder B

Folder 2

Subfolder A

Subfolder B

How do I loop through all the folders to delete all of the Subfolder B's?

[Jan]

You can do this easily in the explorer also, if you are working with Windows.

[Nadeau Hahne]

Thank you, I'm struggling to get comfortable with Matlab so I'm trying my best to learn

Answer 1

[Jan]

BaseFolder = 'C:\Parent\Folder'
List = dir(fullfile(BaseFolder, '**', 'Folder B'));
List = List([List.isdir]);
List(strcmp({List.name}, '..')) = [];
for k = 1:numel(List)
   disp(List(k).folder)
   % Check this twice before you uncomment this:
   % rmdir(List(k).folder);
end

[Nadeau Hahne]

Hi,

Thank you I am working through this now. How does the line below function? What does '..' mean and why are the brackets empty after =

List(strcmp({List.name}, '..')) = [];

Thank you

[Nadeau Hahne]

Thanks! Almost there, but this definitely works so far. My directories ar enot empy, but I can't figure out syntax for if the directores that I want to get rid of have files in them.

I've read rmdir documentation but I don't understnad how to incorporate it

[Jan]

The '..' is a char vector. DIR replies '.' as pointer to the current folder and '..' for the parent folder.

List(strcmp({List.name}, '..')) = [];

To find out, what this does, evaluate it in parts:

{List.name}
strcmp({List.name}, '..')
List(strcmp({List.name}, '..'))

The " = []" is Matlab's method to delete elements. The complete line removes all elements of the List, if their name is '..' .

If the folders are not empty, ue the 's' flag:

rmdir(List(k).folder, 's');

[Nadeau Hahne]

Thank you!!! Trying to learn quickly and feeling like I'm drinking from a fire hose. Appreciate the help