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Understanding and Using Wildcard Characters [ HP 3000 Series 9X8LX Computer Systems Getting Started ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


HP 3000 Series 9X8LX Computer Systems Getting Started

Understanding and Using Wildcard Characters 

Wildcard characters represent groups of other characters.  You can use
them in place of actual characters when specifying any of the following:

   *   file names

   *   user names

   *   account names

   *   group names

The following wildcard characters may be used in HP Easytime/iX:

This character           Represents 

@                        Any number of alphanumeric
                         characters.  Alone it means
                         "all".

?                        One alphanumeric character.

#                        One number.

Examples: 

To display all file names

     File Name:  @

To display all file names beginning with T 

     File Name:  T@

To display all file names beginning with T followed by four numbers

     File Name:  T####

To display all files for group FINANCE

     File Name: @
     Group:     FINANCE
     Account:   @



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