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09-03-2004, 05:11 PM
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Small question
Hey guys,
I had no idea where to put this thread, it's not a hardware question but then I'm not sure if it's a software question. So now I'm just gonna get to the question lol What does *.* mean? I've seen it a couple of times before and have read that it is used in Command Prompt. What does it do? TIA...
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09-03-2004, 05:38 PM
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There are "wild cards" that help you find files on your computer, for one example. "*" means any charactere and any number of characters. So, *.* means:
AnyFileName.AnyFileExtension. Another wild card is "?" which also means any character, but for only one character. So, *.?at would mean AnyFileName.AnyCharacterInTheFirstExtensionSpot-but it has to end in "AT" HTH TwoRails |
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09-03-2004, 05:52 PM
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Aaaaah. Cool. Lol, you learn something new everytime! Thanks TwoRails
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09-03-2004, 06:36 PM
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You're welcome! It real handy in cleaning out your computer, as it makes it easy to find
*.tmp files, and *.log files and even things like, *vacation*.jpg and the like. *.* - will find all files. |
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