Safeguard User's Guide (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Working With SAFECOM
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Using Wild-Card Characters in SAFECOM
Commands
Using Wild-Card Characters in SAFECOM
Commands
In most SAFECOM commands, you can use wild-card characters to match characters
in an object name. In certain instances, you can also specify wild-card characters in
user names. The following wild-card characters are supported:
Wild-card characters make it easy for you to execute commands on sets of objects
with similar names, as shown in the following examples. Typical uses of wild-card
characters include adding disk files with similar names to the Safeguard database or
displaying information about files with similar names.
Wild-card characters differ from pattern wild-card characters. Pattern wild-card
characters are specified when you use the diskfile-pattern objecttype. For more
information, see Section 9, Working with Patterns.
Examples
The following examples illustrate the use of wild-card characters in SAFECOM
commands. It is assumed that the DISPLAY HEADERS ONCE and DISPLAY
WARNINGS OFF options are used as described in Section 8, Changing Display
Options.
* Use an asterisk (*) to match any number of characters (zero, one, or more).
? Use a question mark (?) to match a single character.