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(8) Filename Wildcards

Filename Wildcards

The following characters are interpreted by the shell as filename wildcards, and any word containing them is replaced by a sorted list of all the matching files.

*: Match zero or more characters.
?: Match any single character
[...]: Match any single character from the bracketed set. A range of characters can be specified with [ - ]
[!...]: Match any single character NOT in the bracketed set.

An initial "." in a filename does not match a wildcard unless explicitly given in the pattern. In this sense filenames starting with "." are hidden. A "." elsewhere in the filename is not special.
Pattern operators can be combined

Example:
chapter[1-5].* could match chapter1.tex, chapter4.tex, chapter5.tex.old. It would not match chapter10.tex or chapter1

wildcards.src last modified Mar 11, 2005

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