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#print
Since the '?' character only matches single
characters in file names, it is not useful for
questions like "how many files have names which
begin with the letter g?"  There is another character
  *
which can be used in patterns for file names
and matches any number of any kind of characters.
So
  g*
selects all file names beginning with g, and
  *x
selects all file names which end in x.  Try
  ls *x
How many files match?
Compare with an ordinary
  ls
if you like.  Type "answer N" eventually where
N is the number of files whose names end in "x".
#create abcx
#create abcxdef
#create memox
#create memoy
#create memoz
#create x
#create x53x
#copyin
#user
#uncopyin
#match 4
#log
#next
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fd15fd37 BJ	1	#print
	2	Since the '?' character only matches single
	3	characters in file names, it is not useful for
	4	questions like "how many files have names which
	5	begin with the letter g?" There is another character
	6	*
	7	which can be used in patterns for file names
	8	and matches any number of any kind of characters.
	9	So
	10	g*
	11	selects all file names beginning with g, and
	12	*x
	13	selects all file names which end in x. Try
	14	ls *x
	15	How many files match?
	16	Compare with an ordinary
	17	ls
	18	if you like. Type "answer N" eventually where
	19	N is the number of files whose names end in "x".
	20	#create abcx
	21	#create abcxdef
	22	#create memox
	23	#create memoy
	24	#create memoz
	25	#create x
	26	#create x53x
	27	#copyin
	28	#user
	29	#uncopyin
	30	#match 4
	31	#log
	32	#next
	33	6.2b 8
	34	6.1a 1