Wildcards for UNIX File System Subclients

You can use a wildcard to represent one or more characters when you define the content for backups and filters for a subclient.

The search for subclient content is not case-sensitive.

Note

If the subclient content consists of wildcard characters and no eligible files are found for the backup, the backup operation can still successfully complete.

"<MR>." filters the files with same name as extension and not the folder

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files that are filtered
<MR>.bak	<MR>.bak would filter all the files that have .bak extension	bak.bak file_1.bak file_n.bak

* (Any Number of Characters)

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
*.docx	All files that have the .docx file extension.	Are backed up: Status.docx agenda.docx
/Data/*.docx	All files that: Are in the /Data directory Have the .docx file extension	Are backed up: /Data/Status.docx /Data/agenda.docx
a*.so	All files that: Have names that begin with the letter "a" Have the .so file extension	Are backed up: alsvc.so advdcc.so
/Finance/Agenda*	All files and directories that: Are in the /Finance directory Have names that begin with "Agenda"	Are backed up: /Finance/agenda.pdf /Finance/agenda.docx

? (A Single Character)

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
access?	All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 1 character.	Are backed up: access1.pdf Access2.pdf Are not backed up, because "access" is followed by a number of characters other than 1: access.pdf Access15.pdf
access??	All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 2 characters.	Are backed up: access15.pdf Access20.pdf Are not backed up, because "access" is followed by a number of characters other than 2: access1.pdf Access2.pdf
Class?report	All files and directories that have a name that: Begins with "Class" Has 1 character between "Class" and "report" Ends in "report"	Are backed up: Class1report.docx Class2report.docx Are not backed up, because "Class" is followed by a number of characters other than 1: Classreport.docx Class12report.docx

Example string with wildcard

What the example string matches

Examples of files and directories that are backed up

access?

All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 1 character.

Are backed up:

access1.pdf
Access2.pdf

Are not backed up, because "access" is followed by a number of characters other than 1:
access.pdf
Access15.pdf

access??

All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 2 characters.

Are backed up:

access15.pdf
Access20.pdf

Are not backed up, because "access" is followed by a number of characters other than 2:
access1.pdf
Access2.pdf

Class?report

All files and directories that have a name that:

Begins with "Class"
Has 1 character between "Class" and "report"
Ends in "report"

Are backed up:

Class1report.docx
Class2report.docx

Are not backed up, because "Class" is followed by a number of characters other than 1:

Classreport.docx
Class12report.docx

[n] (A Range of Characters)

Numbers within square brackets are treated as single digits, and a dash between two digits indicates the complete range of numbers between those two digits.

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
/[a-m]*	All files that: Are on the / (root) partition Begin with the letters a-m	Are backed up: /root/accounts.pdf /root/my_file.docx Is not backed up: /root/users.docx
/[AEIOU]*.docx	All files that: Have names that begin with A, E, I, O, or U Have the .docx file extension	Are backed up: /root/accounting/accounts.docx /root/accounting/users.docx Are not backed up: /root/accounting/File1.docx /root/accounting/budget.docx
/Finance/report[1-47-9]	All files and directories that: Are in the /Finance directory Have a name that begins with "report", followed by any number in the specified ranges	Are backed up: /Finance/report1 /Finance/report2 /Finance/report4 /Finance/report7 /Finance/report8 /Finance/report9
/Department-[A-CS]	All files and directories that have names that begin with "Department-", followed by A-C, or S.	Are backed up: Department-A Department-B Department-C Department-S Is not backed up: Department-D

[!n] (The Negation of a Range or a Set of Characters)

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
/root/[!AEIOU]*.docx	All files that: Are in the /root directory Have names that do not start with A, E, I, O, or U Have the .docx file extension	Are backed up: /root/File1.docx /root/budget.docx Are not backed up: /root/accounts.docx /root/users.docx

Example string with wildcard

What the example string matches

Examples of files and directories that are backed up

/root/[!AEIOU]*.docx

All files that:

Are in the /root directory
Have names that do not start with A, E, I, O, or U
Have the .docx file extension

Are backed up:

/root/File1.docx
/root/budget.docx

Are not backed up:
/root/accounts.docx
/root/users.docx

** (Any Number of Characters Across Any Number of Path Levels)

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
/**/move.cpp	All files that have the name move.cpp.	Are backed up: /root/newapp/move.cpp /opt/kde3/src/move.cpp
/etc/**	All files and directories under the /etc directory, including all sub-directories.	Are backed up: /etc/budget /etc/users.docx

Example string with wildcard

What the example string matches

Examples of files and directories that are backed up

/**/move.cpp

All files that have the name move.cpp.

Are backed up:

/root/newapp/move.cpp
/opt/kde3/src/move.cpp

/etc/**

All files and directories under the /etc directory, including all sub-directories.

Are backed up:

/etc/budget
/etc/users.docx

*** (Filters and Exceptions)

Use this wildcard in the following scenarios:

To filter the directory/library and the objects that are under it.
To add an exception to a filter.

Example string with wildcard	What the example string matches	Examples of files and directories that are backed up
/QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/***	This string filters ABC.LIB and its contents.
The filter QSYS.LIB/* and the exception /QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/*	This string backs up ABC.LIB and its contents.