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Wildcard Character In File Names
What are wildcard characters in file names?
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wildcard characters in file names are special characters
that Windows will them as match patterns to search for files.
If any matches found, the given file name will be replaced
with matched file names.
Many Windows commands support two wildcard characters in file names:
1. ? (question mark) - Used to match for any single character at the given position in the file name.
For example, if you type "gloss?.doc", you will locate the file "Glossy.doc" or "Gloss1.doc" but not "Glossary.doc":
C:\fyicenter>dir /b gloss?.doc Gloss1.doc Glossy.doc
2. * (asterisk) - Used to match for any number of any characters at the given position in the file name.
If you are looking for a file that you know starts with "gloss" but you cannot remember the rest of the file name, type "gloss*". This locates all files of any file type that begin with "gloss" including Glossary.txt, Glossary.doc, and Glossy.doc:
C:\fyicenter>dir /b gloss* Gloss1.doc Glossary.doc Glossary.txt Glossy.doc
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