APPENDIX
E
Global Characters
Global characters can save you time and effort when they are used
with certain commands. The two global characters are the question
mark
('?)
and the asterisk
(*).
The question mark can be used to replace any single character
in
a
file name. A question mark
in
a base name
or
in an extension means
that any character can be
in
that position.
NOTE
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ASSUME THE
DEFAULT DRIVE
IS
A: AND CONTAINS THE
SOURCE DISKETTE; THEREFORE, DRIVE C:
INDICATES WHERE THE COPIES ARE TO BE
MADE.
For example, suppose you had a diskette that had the following files
stored on it:
(a) 79ACCTS.MAR
(b)
79ACCTS.MAY
(c) 79ACCTS.JUN
(d) 79ACCTS. JUL
(e) 80ACCTS. JAN
(f)
80PRICES.MAR
1.
If
you entered the
DOS
command
COPY ?'?ACCTS.??? C:
All files except file
(f)
would be copied.
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