Wildcards are characters that can be used to represent any characters
in commands that allow the use of wildcards.
There are four wildcard symbols:
^1^. ^*^ represents any length of character, any character
use with filenames, extensions, and PPNs
^2^. ^?^ represents any single character
use with filenames, extensions, and PPNs
^3^. ^ALL:^ represents any disk device
use only with disk devices
^4^. ^[]^ represents any PPN
use only with PPNs
Study the examples on the following pages.
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Example #1
Use ^*^ in with ^SVDIR^ to look for all filenames with T extension on
the current PPN;
Type : ^SVDIR *.T^
Example #2
Use ^?^ with ^COPY^ to copy all files with filenames three letters and
less and T extensions from 5,21 to current PPN;
Type : ^COPY =???.T[5,21]^
Example #3
Use ^ALL:^ with ^SEARCH^ to search all files on all disk devices
with the current PPN with name GOODIE.T;
Type : ^SEARCH ALL:GOODIE.T^
Example #4
Use ^[]^ with ^DIR^ to look for all files named GOODIE.T on all PPNs
Type : ^DIR GOODIE.T[]^
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Example #5
Use ^?^ and ^*^ with ^RENAME^ to rename all filenames four letters
and less beginning with BR to CR on the current PPN;
Type : ^RENAME CR??.*=BR??.*^
Example #6
Use ^*^ and ^[]^ with ^DIR^ to find all files with filename ROSS and
any extension from DSK2:, all PPNs
Type : ^DIR ROSS.*[]^
Example #7
Use ^ALL:^, ^?^, and ^[]^ with ^X^ and ^TSV^ to scan files with one letter
filenames, any extension, all disk devices, all PPNs;
Type : ^X TSV ALL:?.*[]^
(look at HELP X if you are unfamiliar with the X command)
Please practice using wildcards. All the implications of wildcards
would fill several chapters.
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If you still do not know how to use wildcards, go over this help
file again and make a list of the terms or phrases that you don't
fully understand.
