August 12, 2018
Wildcards in Unix & macOS: Why Most People Only Think They Understand Wildcards
A very useful concept on the macOS (and Linux) command line is that of wildcards. Many casual command line users will have a passing familiarity with them but most people don’t really understand how they actually work. What’s a Wildcard? Many, many years ago I remember a tutor in an introductory CS lecture telling the whole class that wildcards were...