Wildcards

• Wildcards provide handy filename substitution.

  • E.g. ls *.c [list all files with extension ".c"]

• In tcsh, square brackets substitute for a range.

  • E.g. cp obs0[0-9].fits tmp [copy first 10 FITS files]

• Curly brackets can be used to repeat patterns.

  • E.g. a{b,c,d}e is shorthand for abe ace ade

• Use \ or single quotes (') to disable substitution.

  • E.g. cd Data\[Oct01\] or cd 'Data[Oct01]'

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