The Asterisk - Sharp mz-3500 Manual For Use

Section A:
General Introduction
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Filenames
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A.6.2.2. The Asterisk
The asterisk represents a sequence of one or more characters and makes
typing of several question marks superfluous.
*·*
denotes all files on the current drive. Let us stay with the previous
example and the files as before:
CUSTMRl.DTA
CUSTMRl.BAK
CUSTMR2.DTA
CUSTMR2 .BAK
CUSTMR3.DTA
Then, if we specify the file designation
*.DTA we would refer to the files
CUSTMRl.DTA
CUSTMR2.DTA CUSTMR3.DTA
By specifying
CUSTMRl.* we are able enclose the files
CUSTMRl. DTA CUSTMRl.BAK
in our command without having to enter eight question marks. But it is
rewarding to spare just two qestion marks, as the following example for
using
"*"
in filename and file type demonstrates:
K* .D*
results in
CUSTMRLDTA CUSTMR2 .DTA
CUSTMR3.DTA
A.6.3. The Drive
In the previous examples, we have been assuming that the files concerned
are found on the current drive, i.e. the drive which EOS indicates in
its status line. You shall soon learn how to change the current drive.
Here we are dealing with files which reside on another: than the current
drive.
EOS User•s manual
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