Wildcards

Wildcards may be used in the catalog ID and the file name in the operand “pathname” of the macros ERASE and FSTAT. In the ERASE macro, system files may also be addressed via wildcards.

Wildcard	Meaning
*	Replaces a freely selectable character string, even an empty character string.
/	Replaces precisely one character.
<wildcard1,...>	Replaces all character strings which match at least one of the specified wildcards.
<wildcard1:wildcard2>	Replaces a character string which is at least as long as the shortest specified wildcard; is not longer than the longest specified wildcard; lies in the alphabetical collating sequence between “wildcard1” and “wildcard2” (digits follow letters). “wildcard1” may also be an empty character string; this occupies the first position in the alphabetical collating sequence.
<wildcard1:wildcard2,...>	Wildcards of the type “wildcard1:wildcard2” may also be specified in the form of a list. The rules for each pair of wildcards are the same as described above. The system logically ORs the pairs, i.e. the wildcard list replaces any character string which matches one of the wildcard pairs. The length rule applies separately to each pair, not to all wildcards in the list.
-wildcard	Replaces any character string which does not match the specified wildcard. The minus sign may be specified only at the beginning of the wildcard string.