Wildcards

Wildcard Syntax

`?`	Matches any single character. For example, `???` matches "abc" and "123", but not "ab" or "1234".
`*`	Matches zero or more characters.

Expression	Matches
.	All files and folders (same as *)
*	All files and folders
*.	Files and folders with no extension
*.ext	Files and folders that end with ext
new*	Files and folders that start with new
abc.*	Files and folders named abc with any extension
abc	Files and folders with abc anywhere in the name
a*c	Files and folders that start with a and end with c
*.???	Files and folders with any name and an extension of 3 characters
*.??	Files and folders with any name and an extension of 2 characters
*.?	Files and folders with any name and an extension of 1 character
????.*	Files and folders with a name of 4 characters and any extension

Consecutive * characters are replaced with a single * character.

For example, **** is replaced with *

*.* is replaced with *

For example *.* matches "a.b" and "ab".

multiple variations of this are replaced with a single *

For example **.***.** is replaced with a single *

Expressions ending with *. match a file or folder with no extension.

For example: hosts*. will match hosts

Note: Filenames on NTFS volumes can not have a trailing dot.