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Software for Diffraction

2.3.8. - String Patterns and Wild Cards



For the commands lscmd, lsdef, prdef and syms, if the characters ? or * appear in the arguments, the argument is taken as a pattern. Only information about those commands, macros or symbols that match the pattern is displayed. In forming the pattern, the character ? matches any single character, while * matches any string of characters, including the null string.