# Wildcards.

(Appendix 12)

    Replacement characters or wildcards.

     Most of the search commands or list commands and some configuration files
    as well, accept replacement characters or wildcards.

     Character Replaces
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     @         a letter
     ?         an alphanum character (letter or number)
     =         a printable character
     #         a numeral character or the # character
     *         a string of printable characters.
     &         a dot followed by printable characters. (equiv to .* )
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