Using wildcards when building object sets
To specify a object set of objects (except those based on volume, subsystem, or exception), you can include one or more wildcards in the name string; to specify a single object, you use an explicit name for the object.
When you specify a wildcard pattern to generate a list of objects, you can use additional wildcard patterns to add more objects to the list or replace the list entirely.
The characters % (percent) and * (asterisk) can be used as wildcards to match any number of characters in an object name string. The character ? (question mark) can be used as a wildcard in a name string to match a single character.
Name strings can be delimited by double quotation marks. However, characters that are contained in a delimited identifier are considered not to be wildcard characters. When a name string consists of multiple part names, the parts are separated by a period. Three identifier types are used as parts in specifying name strings:
- 8-character short IDs — can contain special characters when delimited
- 18-character long IDs — can contain special characters when delimited
- 8-character operating system short IDs — cannot contain special characters
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