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Wildcard Description
For example, h*ophilia substitutes for all
names containing h + <any character or
number of characters> + ophilia , such
as haemophilia, hemophilia, or
h.123ophelia;
behavi*r substitutes for all
names containing behavi + <any
character or number of characters> + r ,
such as behaviour, behavior, or behavi123.
zr;
patent* substitutes for only all names
containing patent + <a character or any
number of characters> , such as
patents, patentable, patented, patent123,
and so on;
patent*.jpg substitutes for
only all names containing patent + <a
character or any number of
characters>
+ .jpg , such as patents.jpg,
patentable.jpg, patented.jpg, patent123.
jpg, etc;
*.jpg substitutes for only all
names containing <any character or set
of characters> + .jpg .
*?
One or more characters
in a name
*?? Substitutes for a minimum number or
more characters. If used in a pathname, it
cannot replace a forward slash (/). The
minimum number of characters matched
is equal to the number of ? that follow the
*.
*?? substitutes for at least two
characters; *??? substitutes for at least
three characters, and so on. You can use
*? within or at the end of a word.
For example, carbon fib*?? substitutes
for carbon fiber, carbon fibre, as well as
carbon fibers, carbon fibres, and
carbonfib123. Only names containing at
least the number of ? present are
processed; names with more letters are
also processed. For example,
actua*???? substitutes for all filenames
containing actua + <four or more
additional characters> , such as
actuarial, actuaries, actualization,
actua12345.xls but not actual.
#
Zero or more characters
in a pathname, including
slashes
Similar to *, Substitutes for zero or more
characters in a pathname; valid for use
only within a pathname. Can be used to
denote the forward slash (/).