wildcard

Typeglossary
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Synonymswild card,wildcard,wildcard expression,glob,globbing,globbed,globular expansion,globular expression
RelatedGlossary: character
Description

A symbol that stands for one or more characters.

The process of expanding a wildcard to match all its possible strings is called globbing (after "global" ).

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