Filename Patterns

• The shell expands file name patterns using meta-characters

• * matches any string of characters

• ? matches any single character

• [ab] is used to match either a or b

• [a-z] is used to match any character in the range a through z

• Don't create files with *, $, >, <, &, ... in the name

• Don't start file names with a dash.

• Use a backslash to over-ride the meaning of a meta-character