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The wild card * matches any character string.
*
The wild card ? matches any character.
?
The wild cards [ ... ] match any character in the square braces.
e.g.: [aB13] will match a , B , 1 , and 3 .
[ ... ]
Let us see the listing of files in the current directory:
Please enter the appropriate command.
$PROMPT$
That is correct!
You've got it on the 2nd try.
Good, you understand the concept.
Please use ls
Please type ls
You will be helped this time:
$PROMPT$
FORGET1
Observe the result on the terminal!
ls
total 9
chap_1 ex_2_wc p
chap_2 ex_3_who proof
chap_3 l review
ex_1_wc man valid
$PROMPT$
Now list all files whose names begin with chap:
$PROMPT$
That is correct!
You've got it on the 2nd try.
Good, you understand the concept.
Please use * to expand names beginning with chap
Please enter ls chap*
You will be helped this time:
$PROMPT$
FORGET2
ls chap*
Observe the result on the terminal!
chapt_1 chapt_2 chapt_3
$PROMPT$
Now list all files beginning with ex_ with
any single character following the "_", followed
by "_wc".
$PROMPT$
That is correct!
You've got it on the 2nd try.
Good, you understand the concept.
Please use ? to represent the character after "_"
Please enter ls ex_?_wc
You will be helped this time:
$PROMPT$
FORGET3
ls ex_?_wc
Observe the result on the terminal!
ex_1_wc ex_2_wc
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Please list all files starting with [k-q]
That is correct!
You've got it on the 2nd try.
Good, you understand the concept.
Please use ls with [k-q]*
Please enter ls [k-q]*
You will be helped this time:
$PROMPT$
FORGET4
ls [k-q]*
Observe the result on the terminal!
l p
$PROMPT$