July 1995
Beginner to intermediate
244 pages
5h 58m
English
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Special Characters
Several characters have special meaning to the shell.
Character(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Filename pattern matching and expansion |
| Variable reference |
| Pipe |
| Input and output redirection |
| History reference and quick substitution |
| Background execution |
| Command separator |
| Argument separator |
| Filename completion (tcsh) |
| Filename completion (csh) |
| Subshell execution |
| Command substitution |
| Quote characters |
Special Characters in Filenames
Filename arguments can contain the following special characters in order to do pattern matching or home-directory substitution.
Character(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Match an arbitrary length sequence of characters |
| Match a single character |
| Match any character named between brackets |
| Match any character not named between brackets (tcsh only) |
| Match filenames not matching |
| String expansion operator |
| Expands to pathname of your home directory |
| Expands to pathname of home directory for user |
Quote Characters
Quote characters turn off any special meaning a character has, allowing it be used as an ordinary character.
Character(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Quote the following character. |
| Quote the characters between single quotes. |
| Quote the characters between double quotes. |
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