The following table provides wildcard examples, listing the pattern and the result.
Table 9–2 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 for a single host quark.netscape.com.  | 
| 
 *.netscape.com~(quark|energy| neutrino).netscape.com  | 
 Matches any host from domain .netscape.com except for hosts quark.netscape.com, energy.netscape.com, and neutrino.netscape.com.  | 
| 
 *.com~*.netscape.com  | 
 Matches any host from domain .com except for 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.  |