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Wildcards matches are supported in many places.
With wildcards we match with more than a straight comparison.
Special characters in the pattern are:
* -- Matches 0 or more characters of any type.
@ -- Matches any alpha character (a..z, A..Z).
! -- Matches any digit (0..9).
+ -- Matches any alphanumeric character (A..z, A..Z, 0..9).
? -- Matches any single character.
" -- Escape. The next character in the pattern must match the character
in the target exactly. Wild cards will not be interpreted.
Examples:
97* -- Will match anything starting with 97 such as 97068,
97123, 97ABC, and 97.
97??? -- Will match anything that starts with 97 and is 5 characters
long. 97068 will match but 9706 will not.
97!!! -- Will match anything that starts with 97 and has 5 digits.
97068 will match but 97ABC will not.
@!@@@ -- Will match a 5 character US callsign such as W0RLI, N6IYA, etc.
VE!@@@ -- Will match standard Canadian callsigns.
"!"* -- Will match *!
!* -- Will match anything that starts with a digit.
Note that within FWD.MB, you cannot use @ as the first character, since
@ is used to branch to another file. This will be changed in some future
release of the MailBox.