Pathname Expansion
The mechanism by which wildcards work is called pathname expansion. you can use wildcard after the filename or before the filename.
echo filestarting_name*
Example:
Bash Pathname Expansion in Linux
When you type a command and press enter, bash performs several processes upon the text before carrying out our command as a command. The process that makes this happen is called expansion. For example, suppose you use the echo command for standard output.
echo hi Output hi
If you use echo with asterisk wildcard echo will print your directory. Suppose you have two files in the current working directory. The first file name is file1.txt and file2.txt then you will use echo with asterisk wildcard then It will print your directory name.
Example:
Types of Expansion
- Pathname Expansion
- Tilde Expansion
- Arithmetic Expansion
- Brace Expansion
- Parameter Expansion
- Command Substitution
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