FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The asterisk is a special character called a(n) ____ that you can use in place of part of a filename when executing a command-line command.
A
smartcard
B
holdcard
C
wildcard
D
placecard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The wildcard ‘*’ means it will match any number of characters or a set of characters. For example, S**n will match anything between S and n. The number of characters between them do not count.

Detailed explanation-2: -The asterisk is a commonly used wildcard symbol that broadens a search by finding words that start with the same letters. Use it with distinctive word stems to retrieve variations of a term with less typing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wildcards allow you to use a single specification to indicate a number of resources whose names match the wildcard pattern. System commands use three kinds of wildcards: Multiple-character trailing asterisk (*): The * indicates zero, one, or more characters, up to the maximum length of the string.

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