HPUX - File Name Generation

?  : Matches any single character except a leading dot ( ?, except dot, .?, include hidden file)

[ ] : a class of characters from which one will be matched

{

$ echo [abc]??

$ echo [1-9][A-Z]

$ echo [!A-Z]??

}

- :

! :

* : Matches zero or more characters except a leading dot ( ?, except dot, .?, include hidden file)

{

$ echo .*

$ echo *.dat

contain only five character : echo ?????

contain at least five character : echo ?????*

begin with an 'a' or an 'A' : echo [aA]*

have at least four characters and begin with an 'a' or an 'A' : echo [aA]???*

end with the sequence 'e', a single number, and an 'f' : echo *e[0-9]f

begin with a dot : echo .*

begin with a dot, except . : echo .?*

begin with a dot, except. and .. : echo .[!.]*

or operator : @(ab|bc|ce|f3)