Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

Table A-6 List of important special glob characters (continued)
Character Description
\ If preceding ?, *, or [, these are normal characters
For example, [mn\*\[] matches:
m
n
*
[
. A file name beginning with a . (dot), must be matched explicitly.
For example, the command:
rm *
will not remove the file .profile.
However, the following command will:
rm .*
List of important special regex characters
Appendix: Configuration lists
Wildcard expressions
The following table provides a list of important special characters for creating regex type wildcard
expressions.
Note: The examples given here include the term regex and round brackets, as you need to use them when
working with these expressions on the appliance.
Table A-7 List of important special regex characters
Character Description
. Matches any single character
For example, regex(.est) matches:
best
rest
test
and others
* Matches the preceding character zero or more times
For example, regex(a*b) matches:
b
ab
aaaaaab
and others
+ Matches the preceding character one or more times
For example, regex(c+d) matches:
cd
cccccd
and others
? Matches the preceding character zero or one times
For example, regex(m?n) matches:
n
mn
^ Matches the beginning of a line
$ Matches the end of a line
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