TALIGENT TOOLS FOR AIX - Meta characters

Meta characters

Meta characters are UNIX substitutes for text that have special meaning in command-line expressions.

Character Definition

* Any sequence of zero or more characters.

? A single character.

.. Parent directory.

[set] A single character in the set set, for example `a' in [a-zA-z0-9].

$var The value of a shell variable var.

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	Character	Definition
	`*`	Any sequence of zero or more characters.
	`?`	A single character.
	`..`	Parent directory.
	`[`set`]`	A single character in the set set, for example `a' in [a-zA-z0-9].
	`$`var	The value of a shell variable var.