*

Asterisk wildcard

Denotes any number of characters (including no characters). This can be inserted in place of a string or in the middle of the pattern-matching string in the place of any number of characters.

Note: If one or more of the filter criteria fields is not needed, it is more efficient to leave the field blank than to use the "*" character. However, at least 1 filter field must contain a value.

?

Question mark wildcard

Denotes any single character. This can be inserted in place of any number of characters.

,

Comma

Used to separate pattern-matching strings, enabling the user to specify more than one string (the comma represents a Boolean OR).

Do not include space characters after commas.

Example: (host01,host02,host03)

Note: “,” is evaluated literally in collection and filter definition fields.

character

Character

Any character, other than one of the above, denotes the

specific character.

Note: In case-sensitive fields, Control-M/Desktop differentiates between uppercase and lowercase characters (for example, “a” and “A” are regarded as two different characters).

\specialchar

Escape character

Denotes the literal value of the special character. The special characters are the symbols described in this table.

Examples:

• To specify \, type \\.
• If you specify \. then "." has the meaning of period and not the same meaning as ?.
• Use "\" to escape ! only where ! is the first character.