The following table provides wildcard examples, listing the pattern and the result.
Table 6–2 Wildcard Examples
Pattern |
Result |
---|---|
*.netscape.com |
Matches any string ending with the characters .netscape.com. |
(quark|energy).netscape.com |
Matches either quark.netscape.com or energy.netscape.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. |
*~netscape-* |
Matches any string except those starting with netscape-. |
*.netscape.com~quark.netscape.com |
Matches any host from domain netscape.com except a single host quark.netscape.com. |
*.netscape.com~(quark|energy|neutrino).netscape.com |
Matches any host from domain .netscape.com except hosts quark.netscape.com, energy.netscape.com, and neutrino.netscape.com. |
*.com~*.netscape.com |
Matches any host from domain .com except hosts from subdomain netscape.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. |