To delete all folders in the current directory with pattern matching

Question

I need to delete all the folders in current directory that starts with say \"foo\" followed by date
for example we have

1. foo20120620
2. foo2

Answer 1

I know this is old, but I thought it would be worth mentioning that the FOR command creates parameter variables which are identified with a letter rather than a number (e.g. %%G), so, in order to avoid confusion between parameters and pathname format letters, avoid using the letters (a, d, f, n, p, s, t, x, z) as FOR parameters or just choose a FOR parameter letter that is UPPER case.

Format letters are case sensitive, so using a capital letter is also a good way to avoid conflicts, eg. %%A rather than %%a.

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