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Delete Redis keys matching a pattern

I am using Redis hash set to store data in the following format:

hset b1.b2.b3 name test

Now I want to delete this key so I am using the following format:

del b1.b2.*

But it not working so how I delete the Redis key using a pattern?

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  1. 0

    Redis does not provide any method to delete bulk keys. But redis-cli along with xargs can be used to achieve what you are trying to do. See the commands below:

    127.0.0.1:6379> hset b1.b2.b3 name test
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> hgetall b1.b2.b3
1) "name"
2) "test"
$ redis-cli --scan --pattern b1.b2.* | xargs redis-cli del
(integer) 1
$ redis-cli
127.0.0.1:6379> hgetall b1.b2.b3
(empty list or set)

    We are scanning redis for a pattern using ‘–scan’ and the output is given to redis-cli again using the xargs method whcih combines all the keys in the scan result and finally we delete all of them using ‘del’ command.

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  2. 0

    You can do it using the pattern above @Ankit answered.

    you can do a SCAN and then delete the keys until nothing left (cursor is 0)

    https://redis.io/commands/scan

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