wildcards.tex

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\headerline{\large wildcards%
    \index{wildcards}%
    \index{*|see{wildcards}}%
    \index{star|see{wildcards}}%
    \index{?|see{wildcards}}%
    \index{question mark|see{wildcards}}}%
    {\emph{specify all files that fit a pattern}}{}
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\paragraph{Description}
\indentpar \raggedright \textrm{Special notation that can be used to indicate one or more characters that may be unknown, or to specify a group of files/directories that are similarly named.}\\

\paragraph{Wildcard characters}
\indentpar \argumentline{*}{zero or more characters}
\indentpar \argumentline{?}{one character}

\paragraph{Useful options}
\indentpar \optionline{doc?.tsv}{matches files like doc1.tsv or doca.tsv}\\
\indentpar \optionline{doc.???}{matches files like doc.tsv, doc.txt, doc.csv}
\indentpar \optionline{*.tsv}{matches any file ending in .tsv}\\
\indentpar \optionline{doc*.tsv}{matches  doc.tsv, doc1.tsv, doc1234.tsv, et cetera}\\
\indentpar \optionline{doc.*}{matches doc.tsv, doc.txt, doc.tsv.gz}\\
\indentpar \optionline{doc*}{matches doc.tsv, doc.txt, doc.tsv.gz, document1.tsv}

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