Useful UNIX features

• Meta-characters for filename matching

  • * (wildcard): matches any string
  • ?: matches a single character
  • [set]: matches a character in the set

Assume files are part5, part6, part7, part10, part12, partA.

cat part[4-6] cat part5 part6

rm part* rm part10 part12 part5 part6 part7 partA

ls part? ls part5 part6 part7 partA

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