If you are not sure what files will be matched by some combination of 
wildcards, try doing a DIR /W with that combination before entering the DEL 
command.

The contents of a file are still on the disk or diskette after being deleted, 
but the filename is removed from the directory, so there is no simple way to 
get to it. To really destroy the contents of a file AND delete it requires 
more than just a DEL command. (See the EXAMPLES topic.)

To keep a filename but lose the contents, requires a different command. (See 
the EXAMPLES topic).

If a "bad" filename (one with characters that cannot be readily entered from 
the keyboard) somehow gets created, and you cannot delete it explicitly, use 
? to match the "bad" part of the filename. For example, the file OOPS*.TXT 
could be deleted by the command

	DEL OOPS???.TXT.
