Wildcards To help specifying file names easier, use wildcards. '*' - zero or more characters '?' - exactly one character '[abc]' - exactly one a, b, or c '[a-z]' - exactly one letter in the range a through z '{foo,bar}' - either the string 'foo' or 'bar' Examples $ mv *.jpg ~/pics/ $ cat 200?-??-??-audit.txt > 2000-audit-logs $ rm -i resume-199[3-6].html $ display {camera,phone}-*.png