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**foI3fKWv** · 05-19-2006, 07:00 AM

A wildcard is to do with string matching so for example if I gave a linux terminal the command

ls a*

it means list the contents of all directories beginning with 'a'

It means list all files that start with 'a' in the current directory.

05-19-2006, 07:00 AM	#18
foI3fKWv Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	A wildcard is to do with string matching so for example if I gave a linux terminal the command ls a* it means list the contents of all directories beginning with 'a' It means list all files that start with 'a' in the current directory.
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