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Wildcard_Syntax

   Although DCL preserves the case of extended file names, wildcard
   matching is case blind.

   When you perform a search operation with wildcards it continues
   to match only against the corresponding character in the same
   part of the target specification. The following table contains
   examples of some wildcard searches.

   The
   pattern...     matches...             ...but doesn't match

   A*B;*          AHAB.;1                A.B;1
   A.*.B*         A^.DISK.BLOCK;1        A^.C^.B.DAT;1
   A?B.TXT;*      A^.B.TXT;5             A^.^.B.TXT;1
   *.DAT          Lots^.of^.Periods.dat;1DAT.;1
   Mil?no.dat     Milano.dat;1           Millaano.dat;1
   NAPOLI.?.DAT   napoli.q.dat;1         napoli.abc77.dat;1