Wildcards

You can use wildcards to identify multiple names. On a reply for a DUMP command, you can specify wildcards in job names, data space names, user IDs, XCF group names, and XCF member names. The parameter descriptions tell you when you can use wildcards. The wildcards are:

Wildcard

Meaning

*

Zero or more characters, up to the maximum length of the string. An * can start the string, end it, appear in the middle, or appear in several places in the string. A single * for the name indicates that all job names, data space names, user IDs, XCF group names, or XCF member names will match.

?

One character. One or more ? can start the string, end it, appear in the middle, or appear in several places in the string. A single ? indicates all names consisting of one character.

Examples are:

• *A* specifies all names that contain an A, including the name A.
• *A*B specifies all names that contain an A and ending with a B, with or without any intervening characters.
• ?A? specifies all 3-character names with an A as the second character.
• ?A?B specifies all 4-character names with A as the second character and B as the fourth character.
• ?A* specifies all names of 2 or more characters whose second character is A.