Managing System Files

File and Directory Management

 

 

 

 

Using Wildcards

Wildcards allow you to substitute symbols (* or ?) for text patterns while using file and directory commands. The asterisk (*) takes the place of multiple characters and the question mark character (?) takes the place of single characters. More than one wildcard can be used within a single text string.

Multiple Characters

An asterisk (*) is used as a wildcard for multiple characters in a text pattern. The following command will list all entries in the current directory that end with the .log extension.

-> ls *.log

Listing Directory /flash:

-rw

64000

Sep

21

19:49

swlog1.log

-rw

64000

Aug

12

19:06

swlog2.log

The following command lists all entries in the current directory that contain the i character.

-> ls *i*

Listing Directory /flash:

drw

2048

Aug 21

17:49

certified/

drw

2048

Aug 12

18:51

working/

-rw

31

Jul

29

2001

policy.cfg

drw

2048

Jul

28

12:17

switch/

Single Characters

The question mark (?) is used as a wildcard for a single character in a text pattern. The following command will locate all entries containing swlog followed by any single character, followed by the .log extension.

-> ls swlog?.log

Listing Directory /flash:

-rw

64000

Jul

21

19:49

swlog1.log

-rw

64000

Aug

12

19:06

swlog2.log

The single and multiple character wildcards can be used in combination. The following command lists all entries containing the letter i followed by any two single characters.

-> ls *i??

Listing Directory /flash:

drw

2048 Aug 12 18:51 working/

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