Chapter 6: Wildcards and Redirection

🌟 Wildcards: The * and ? Filters

Wildcards are placeholder symbols used to select groups of files matching a specific pattern:

• * (Asterisk): Matches any number of characters (including zero).
  • *.html matches index.html, main.html, etc.
  • project* matches project1.zip, project-final.doc, etc.
  • *.* matches every file in the directory.
• ? (Question Mark): Matches exactly one character.
  • logo?.png matches logo1.png, logoA.png, but not logo12.png.
  • file??.txt matches file01.txt, fileAB.txt, but not file1.txt.