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- If you understand UNIX wildcards (*?) then you may safely
- bypass this menu since that is exactly how Elite BBS matches accounts,
- titles, files, and so on.
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- For the uninitiated:
- You are trying to match texts to a pattern. The pattern may be as specific
- as the text you are looking for, or as general as any text with ".c"
- as an ending.
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- Specifying the pattern:
- All standard characters may be used, but two have very special meanings..
- ? = match ANY CHAR in this position
- * = match ANY NUMBER of ANY CHAR
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- Examples:
- *.c = to find anything ending with ".c"
- th?? = will match both "thAT" and "thIS" and "thEM"
- but not "thERE" or "thE"
- *E* = match ANYTHING with an E in it, "silkEn", "bEst"
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