Examples of wildcard characters
| Character | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| c | matches character c (c != '\', '-', ']')" | wh finds wh, but not what or while |
| * | matches any sequence of non-Separator characters | wh* finds what, white, and why, but not awhile or watch |
| ? | matches any single non-Separator character | b?ll finds ball, bell, bill |
| [] | matches characters within the brackets. | b[ae] finds ball, bell, but not bill |
| ''c | matches character c | ? finds ?. but not a? |
| lo '-' hi | matches character c for lo <= c <= hi | b[a-c]d finds bad, bbd, and bcd |