ClearCase Reference Manual, Release 4.0, Windows

wildcards_ccase

Pattern-matching characters for ClearCase pathnames

APPLICABILITY

ClearCase (general information)

NOTE: For Attache, see the wildcards reference page.

SYNOPSIS

? * ~ [ ... ] ...

DESCRIPTION

Wildcard (pattern-matching) characters are recognized in these contexts:

cleartool single-command mode-The command shell, not cleartool, interprets pathnames and expands wildcards. Therefore, unless you are using a command shell that expands pathname wildcards (cmd.exe does not), these wildcards are disallowed. You can, however, use wildcards in special pattern arguments in some cleartool subcommands (catcr -select, find -name, and lsvob). For example:

`Z:\> cleartool ls *.c`	`(fails; command shell does not understand wildcards)`
`Z:\> cleartool lsvob src`	`("pattern" arg wildcards OK; no quotes required because cleartool does not expand the command line)`

cleartool interactive mode-cleartool expands wildcards in pathnames. In cleartool commands that accept pattern arguments (catcr -select, find -name, and lsvob), you must quote a wildcard pattern to protect it from evaluation by cleartool itself. For example:

cleartool> lsvob -region "dev*" "*src*"

("pattern" arg; quotes required)

cleartool> ls *.c

(standard pname arg; no quotes required)
Config spec rules - The pathname pattern in a config spec rule is interpreted by a view's associated view_server process.

ClearCase recognizes these wildcard characters:

?	Matches any single character.
*	Matches zero or more characters.
~	Indicates your home directory.
[`xyz`]	Matches any of the listed characters.
[`x`-`y`]	Matches any character whose ASCII code falls between that of `x` and that of `y`, inclusive.
. . .	(Ellipsis, a ClearCase extension) Matches zero or more directory levels.
	For example: foo\...\bar matches any of the following pathnames:
	`foo\bar foo\usr\src\bar foo\rel3\bar`
	and: foo\... matches the foo directory itself, along with the entire directory tree under it.

See the config_spec reference page for more information, including restrictions.

`cleartool> lsvob -region "dev" "src*"`	`("pattern" arg; quotes required)`
`cleartool> ls *.c`	`(standard pname arg; no quotes required)`