| Option |
Description |
| * |
Searches all items. |
| abc* |
Searches for items that begin with the characters abc,
for example, abcd or abctest. |
| *abc |
Searches for items ending with the characters abc, for example, dabc or testabc. |
| *b* |
Searches for items that have the character b anywhere in the name. |
| a*c |
Searches for items that begin with the character a and end with the character c. |
| "a*" |
Searches for items within quotation marks that start
with the character a, for example, "a," "ab," or "ad." Note that when you
use quotation marks, the specification becomes case sensitive. |
| abc? |
Searches for four-character items that begin with the
characters abc and have a single fourth character, for example, abcd. |
| ?abc | Searches for four-character items that begin with a
single character and end in abc, for example, dabc. |
| ?b? |
Searches for three-character items that have a b in the middle, for example, abc. |
| a?c |
Searches for three-character items that have the character a and c with a single character in between. |
| ab? |
Searches for three-character items that start with ab and end in a third single character, for example, abc. |
| a\* or a\? |
Searches for characters where the * and ? are interpreted
literally, for example, a* or a?. The slash represents an escape character.
To use a slash literally, enter \\. |