EECS 2031 Lecture 3: u4_file_names
10 Dec 2017
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The character * is called a wildcard, and will match against none or more character(s) in a file (or directory) name. This will list all files in the current directory starting with list This will list all files in the current directory ending with list. The character ? will match exactly one character. So ?ouse will match files like house and mouse, but not grouse. We should note here that a directory is merely a special type of file. So the rules and conventions for naming files apply also to directories. In naming files, characters with special meanings such as / * & % , should be avoided. The safest way to name a file is to use only alphanumeric characters, that is, letters and numbers, together with. Bad filenames project. txt project my_big_program. c my big program. c fred_dave. doc fred & dave. doc.
