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Mask Format
Here are the different mask formats available.
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Literal characters: Any alphanumerical character is considered a literal character and
must appear. For example, a mask of "trigger.txt" will not capture any other files than that
name.
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Wildcards: Two wildcards are available in masks.
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Asterisk (*): Supports any number of characters. *.txt would pick up any text file,
file*.txt would pick up any file starting with file and any characters: file1.txt,
filetest.txt.
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Question Mark (?): Supports a single character. file?.txt would pick up File1.txt or
filea.txt , but not file13.txt or filetest.txt.
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Brackets: Specifies a set of supported characters, or range of characters. Only one
character from the range is accepted, making this a subset of the ? wildcard.
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Sets: [13ab] defines support for one of these 4 characters; file[13ab].txt would pick
up file1.txt , filea.txt , but not file13.txt or filea3.txt.
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Negative Sets: [!13ab] indicates the character should NOT be part of the set. file
[!13ab].txt would pick up file2.txt and filec.txt but not file1.txt or fileb.txt (nor would
it pick up file13.txt or filea3.txt).
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Ranges: [1-5] , [a-d] define ranges between the characters. file[1-5].txt would pick
up file1.txt and file4.txt but not file6.txt or file13.txt.
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Negative Ranges: Negative ranges such as [!2-4] are also possible.
Note
File names containing brackets can be a hassle when attempting to capture them with a mask and
using sets or ranges. You can capture a set that contains an opening bracket ([[] ) , but not a closing
bracket as the closing bracket always ends the set or range. There is no escape character available in
masks.
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