title: using wild card characters for file handling in ftp
body: <p>Is there any linux equivalent for file handling with wildcards in a ftp server?</p>
  
  <p>Say I have files for a date <code>20120520</code> which i want to delete at once</p>
  
  <p>Can something of this sort be done in an FTP server:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    delete *20120520*
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which will delete any/all files of that date in the ftp server directory.</p>
  
  <p>I mean there are always ways of deleting old files in FTP , but just wanted to know if any wild card feature exist for FTP, this would make tasks simpler</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>