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used to replace or represent one or more characters. Wildcards
or wild characters are
commonly either an asterisk (*) or question mark (?). Below are some
examples of how a wildcard may be used:
Listing files in a Linux variant or Unix variant that begin with comp.
ls comp*
Deleting files in MS-DOS that begin with comp and end with a .txt extension.
del comp*.txt
Listing files in MS-DOS that contain c, mp and any other character in-between.
dir c?mp
Deleting files in a Linux or Unix variant that contain c, mp and any character in-between.
rm c?mp
Searching for a file that has comp anywhere in the file name in Microsoft Windows 95 and above.
Click Start / Find or Search
Click for files or folders
In the files or folders named text box, type "*comp*"
Specify the location to search for the file and click Find or Search
now.
Excel formula to search for any character using the * wildcard in cells B1 through B6 and if found perform use SUM to add all values between A1 and A6.
=SUMIF(A1:A6,"*",B1:B6)
Also see: Asterisk, Glob,
Meta-character
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