Ambiguous Filenames; The Question Mark - Sharp mz-3500 Manual For Use

Section A: General Introduction
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Filenames
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.c
c
(the language parts of EOS have been written in)
.BAS BASIC .COB COBOL
. PLI
PL/1
.PAS PASCAL
.ASM ASSEMBLER .MAC ASSEMBLER
.ALG ALGOL .FOR FORTRAN
.MMP MUMPS .LSP
LISP
A.6.2. Ambiguous Filenames
It is becoming a little complex now. When you enter commands, you may
also make use of ambiguous filenames. This technique is very useful
you will soon recognize it - and allows to refer to a whole group of
files at once.
This kind of ambiguity, however, can be used only with system commands,
utility programs and programs specially adapted to ambiguous filenames.
It is achieved by specifying "blind characters" or "wildcards" within
the filename. The wildcards are:
? -
the question mark
* -
the asterisk
and
We recommend that you make yourself acquainted with these features by
means of the
=>
$DIR command.
A.6.2.1. The Question Mark
The question mark represents any single character within a filename or
file type.
Let us assume that following files are to be found on the current disk:
CUSTMRl.DTA
CUSTMRl.BAK
CUSTMR2 .DTA
CUSTMR2.BAK
CUSTMR3.DTA
Then, by specifying the filename "CUSTMR?.DTA", you can refer to the
files CUSTMRl.DTA, CUSTMR2.DTA, and CUSTMR3.DTA. On the other hand, by
specifying "CUSTMRl. ???", you would have access to the files
"CUSTMRl.DTA" and "CUSTMRl.BAK".
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