Wildcards on the Command Line
Wildcards are converted BEFORE the command runs.
Wilcards are converted into filenames that already exist.
The most common wildcard is:
*
Another common wildcard is:
?
Tasks:
Given a list of files, what will
ls *.jpg
return?
What will
ls foo?.jpg
return?
And
Foo??.jpg
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