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Buffalo Surveillance Server
Wildcard
*?
One or more characters
in a name
Description
For example, h*ophilia substitutes for all
names containing h+<any character or
number of characters>+ophilia, such
as haemophilia, hemophilia, or
h.123ophelia; behavi*r substitutes for all
names containing behavi+<any
character or number of characters>+r,
such as behaviour, behavior, or
behavi123.zr; patent* substitutes for only
all names containing patent+<a
character or any number of
characters>, such as patents,
patentable, patented, patent123, and so
on; patent*.jpg substitutes for only all
names containing patent+<a character
or any number of characters>+.jpg,
such as patents.jpg, patentable.jpg,
patented.jpg, patent123.jpg, etc; *.jpg
substitutes for only all names containing
<any character or set of characters>+.
jpg.
*?? Substitutes for a minimum number or
more characters. If used in a pathname, it
cannot replace a forward slash (/). The
minimum number of characters matched
is equal to the number of ? that follow the
*. *?? substitutes for at least two
characters; *??? substitutes for at least
three characters, and so on. You can use
*? within or at the end of a word.
For example, carbon fib*?? substitutes
for carbon fiber, carbon fibre, as well as
carbon fibers, carbon fibres, and
carbonfib123. Only names containing at
least the number of ? present are
processed; names with more letters are
also processed. For example,
actua*???? substitutes for all filenames
containing actua+<four or more
additional characters>, such as
actuarial, actuaries, actualization,
actua12345.xls but not actual.
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