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  • ? - any one character other than a dot

  • * - any number of any characters

  • | - this symbol is used when you need to apply several masks at the same time (works only with files)

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Any files with any extension

*.*

Any files with any extension

*.jpg

Files with the extension .jpg .

  • image.jpg

  • avatar.jpg

  • 1.jpg

*.p*

Files whose extension begins with p .

  • document.pdf

  • presentation.ppt

  • document.project

  • 1.p

im *. *

Files with any extension, but whose name begins with im .

  • immature.jpg

  • impossible.ico

  • impatient.html

*mat?.html

.html files whose name begins with any sequence of characters, then comes the mat part after which one character.

  • automate.html

  • tomato.html

  • mate.html

doc?????.xls

.xls file starting with doc followed by any 5 characters (except dot)

  • document.xls

  • doc-1208.xls

  • doctrine.xls

???.??

A file with three characters in the name and two in the extension.

?????

A file with five characters in the name and no extension.

  • house

  • image

  • tasks

*.xlsx | *.docx

Any xlsx and / or docx document

  • invoice.docx

  • resume.docx

  • project.xlsx

  • default.xlsx

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