ls command alongside wildcard metacharacters

ls command alongside wildcard metacharacters. in this articles, examples about ls command.

Note:

Metacharacters	Descriptions
*	Matches 0 or more characters in a filename
?	Matches 1 character in a filename
[1-3]	Matches 1 character in a filename, either: 1,2 or 3
[!1-3]	Matches 1 character in a filename, either is not : 1,2 or 3

Switch to a commmand-line terminal, by pressing ctrl+Alt+F2 and login:

username: root

password: password of root

At the command prompt, type pwd-> press Enter

At the command prompt ,type ls command, how many files with "test" filename

At the command prompt ,type ls * command, results output :

At the command prompt ,type ls test? command, results output :

At the command prompt , type ls test?? command, results output :

At the command prompt , type ls test[13] command, results output:

At the command prompt , type ls test[!13] command, results output:

ls command use list directory content , i hope will this help you!
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