Delete Multiple Files using *

[kleinma]

I was trying to do something like this (that worked with the Kill method of VB6)

System.IO.File.Delete(OrderInfo.ParentFolderPath & "\NJ0*.DTA")

because there are several files that start with NJ0 and end with .DTA

for example

NJ025.DTA
NJ026.DTA

but there is no order to these numbers, so I need to clear them all out... and the above code returns an "illegal character in path" which is because of the "*"

so is there any way to do a multiple delete like this?

[kleinma]

found a solution using this

For Each FileFound As String In Directory.GetFiles(OrderInfo.ParentFolderPath, "NJ0*.DTA")
    File.Delete(FileFound)
Next

[Edneeis]

I believe wildcard deletes are in the next version of VB.NET.

[rkeslar]

found a solution using this

For Each FileFound As String In Directory.GetFiles(OrderInfo.ParentFolderPath, "NJ0*.DTA")
    File.Delete(FileFound)
Next

Cool. This works real well for wildcard deletes. I used *.tst and it deleted the four .tst files I created.

[akshaycm]

how o u select the folder for the multiple deleytes to happen?

[algea]

Hi friends I could not run the method that kleinma mentioned but there another approach for this issue here is the code:

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim Pathname As String = "C:\Temp"
        For Each FileFound As String In System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Pathname).Where(Function(fi) System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fi) Like "K*").ToArray
            Console.WriteLine(FileFound)
        Next
        Console.ReadKey()
    End Sub
    
End Module

Regards
algea