Can we run windows CMD commands in Run Command tool

[pkkrish22]

Hi All,

Can we run DEL command directly by passing the file name path as Argument in RUN Command tool ? will that work because when i tried using DEL in RUN command tool, i got this error " Run Command (1) Failed to run external program "del": The system cannot find the file specified."

Please let me know what is the issue

[AmNotARobot]

Hello pkkrish22,

DanM, Community Operations Manager, has an interesting post on the topic of 'Batch Files in Alteryx Part 3: Deleting Files'; it is part of a larger series of very helpful hints.

You can find the post as follows...

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Knowledge-Base/Batch-Files-in-Alteryx-Part-3-Deleting-Files...

Hope this helps directly, or allows you to change your algorithm to work better with designer.

Cheers, AmNotARobot

[pkkrish22]

Hi AmNotARobot,

Thanks for you solution for deleting the files. but i asked Can we use DEL command in RUN command tool. Please let me know

[AmNotARobot · Accepted solution]

Hello pkkrish22,

Yes we can use DEL within the Run Command tool.

I have created a quick little example (see attached), which may help.

Does this make sense?

Cheers, AmNotARobot

[AD]

We can actually run it directly, without creating .bat file. You just need to set
cmd
as command and set
/c del "<file_to_delete>"
to parameters like in the image