System information

matches the following unambiguous filenames
XYZ.COM
and
X3Z.CAM
The wildcard character can also be used in an ambiguous file reference. The * character replaces
all or part of a filename or filetype. Note that
*.*
equals the ambiguous file reference
????????.???
while
filename.*
and
*.typ
are abbreviations for
filename.???
and
????????.typ
respectively. As an example,
A>DIR *,*
is interpreted by the CCP as a command to list the names of all disk files in the directory. The
following example searches only for a file by the name X.Y:
A>DIR X.Y
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