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- With RegEx, the search pattern can be a simple character, a fixed string, or a complex expression containing special characters describing the pattern. The pattern defined by RegEx may match one time, several times, or not at all for a given string. For patterns and examples, refer to the following page:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.htmlInclude Page wikicontent:Exit Disclaimer to Include wikicontent:Exit Disclaimer to Include - For information on simple pattern matching, refer to the following tables:
The following table describes the special characters you can use:
Characters Description ? Matches any single character. EgFor example, "something?" collects any path that is named "something" plus any character. * Matches any characters up to the next slash. EgFor example, "*/*/something*" collects any path that has two directories, then a file or directory that starts with the name "something". ** Matches any characters. EgFor example, "**/something/**" collects any path that contains a directory named "something". The following table provides more examples:
it’s allExample Description *.bam Matches all files with extension “bam” in the source folder. FR00?.bam Matches all files with name “FR00” and any one character and with extension “bam” in the source folder. **/*.bam Matches all files with extension “bam” in all folders and sub folders from the source location. images/**/*.jpg Matches all files with extension “jpg” in images folder and
sub folder(s) startsany of its sub folders from the source location. **/sub*/*.txt Matches all files with extension “txt” in
and with extension “txt”any sub folders that start with “sub” from the source location. ERI10wef Matches with exact file name from the source location. /opt/test/temp.bam Matches with exact file name including its path from the source location.