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. |