The following table provides wildcard examples, listing the pattern and the result.
Table B–2 Wildcard Examples| Pattern | Result | 
|---|---|
| *.sun.com | Matches any string ending with the characters .sun.com. | 
| (quark|energy).sun.com | Matches either quark.sun.com or energy.sun.com. | 
| 198.93.9[23].??? | Matches a numeric string starting with either 198.93.92 or 198.93.93 and ending with any 3 characters. | 
| *.* | Matches any string with a period in it. | 
| *~sun-* | Matches any string except those starting with sun-. | 
| *.sun.com~quark.sun.com | Matches any host from domain sun.com except for a single host quark.sun.com. | 
| *.sun.com~(quark|energy|neutrino).sun.com | Matches any host from domain .sun.com except for hosts quark.sun.com, energy.sun.com, and neutrino.sun.com. | 
| *.com~*.sun.com | Matches any host from domain .com except for hosts from sub-domain sun.com. | 
| type=*~magnus-internal/* | Matches any type that does not start with magnus-internal/. This wildcard pattern is used in the file obj.conf in the catch-all Service directive. | 
| *~*.gif* | Matches any string except those including gif. |