IBM Aspera HST Admin Manual page 251

\
*
?
[ ... ]
[^... ]
[!... ]
[x-x]
[:xxxxx:]
Examples of Standard Globbing
Wildcard
/
\
*
?
[ ... ]
[^... ]
[!... ]
[:xxxxx:]
Globbing Extensions
Globbing Extensions
no / or * at end of rule
/ at end of rule
* or /** at end of rule
/**
/ at start of rule
Examples of Globbing Extensions
Globbing Extensions
/**
* at end of rule
/** at end of rule
Quotes any character literally, including itself. \ is exclusively a quoting operator, not
a path separator.
Matches zero or more characters, except "/" or the . in "/.".
Matches any single character, except "/" or the . in "/.".
Matches exactly one of a set of characters, except "/" or the . in "/.".
When ^ is the first character, matches exactly one character not in the set.
When ! is the first character, matches exactly one character not in the set.
Matches exactly one of a range of characters.
For details about this type of wildcard, see any POSIX-standard guide to globbing.
Example
abc/def/xyz
abc\?
abc*f
abc??
[abc]def
[^abc]def
[!abc]def
[[:lower:]]def
Description
Matches only files.
Matches only directories.
Matches both directories and files.
Like * except that it also matches the / character.
Matches from the system's root directory (absolute path) only; that is, the entire string
must be matched. Note: The / means the system's root, not the docroot, and not from
the top level specified for the transfer set.
Example
abc/**/def
abc*
abc/**
Matches
abc/def/xyz
abc?
abcdef abc.f
abcde abc.z
adef cdef
zdef .def 2def
zdef .def 2def
cdef ydef
Matches
abc/def abc/x/def abc/.wxy/
def abc/wxy/tuv/def
abc/file abc/dir
abc/.file abc/dir abc/
wxy/.dir abc/wxy/tuv/file
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Does Not Match
abc/def
abc\? abc/D abcD
abc/f abcefg
abcdef abc/d abc/.
abcdef ade
bdef /def /.def
cdef /def /.def
Adef 2def .def
Does Not Match
abc/xyz/def/ zabc/wxy/def
abc/