Wild Card - Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual

The ? Mild Card
A question mark ? in a filename or extension indicates
that any character can occupy that postion.
pie, the command
For exam-
DIR TEST7RUN.TXT
will list all directory entries on the default drive
(when no drive is designated, the operating system
always assumes drive A:) that have 8 characters, begin
with TEST and have any next character followed by
RUN.TXT
Here are some examples of files that might be found
with the above command:
TEST1RUN.TXT
TEST2RUN.TXT
TEST6RUN.TXT
TEST$RUN.TXT
The • Wild Card
An asterisk * in a filename or extension indicates that
any character can occupy that position or any of the
remaining positions in a filename or extension. For
example:
DIR TEST*.TXT
will list all directory entries on the default drive
with filenames that begin with the characters TEST and
have are extension of .TXT Here are some examples of
files that might be found with the above command:
TEST1RUN.TXT
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