Redis Python - how to delete all keys according to a specific pattern In python, without python iterating

Question

I\'m writing a django management command to handle some of our redis caching. Basically, I need to choose all keys, that confirm to a certain pattern (for example: \"prefix:

Answer 1

Use SCAN iterators: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redis

for key in r.scan_iter("prefix:*"):
    r.delete(key)