From d81377749ce9a67f69a9e4abc29971165eb4b17c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Meeta Mistry Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:05:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update 01_the_filesystem.md --- Intro_shell/lessons/01_the_filesystem.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Intro_shell/lessons/01_the_filesystem.md b/Intro_shell/lessons/01_the_filesystem.md index f5cf1d0c..94a3d8bd 100644 --- a/Intro_shell/lessons/01_the_filesystem.md +++ b/Intro_shell/lessons/01_the_filesystem.md @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ lists only the files that begin with 'Mov10' and end with 'fq' So how does this actually work? The shell (bash) considers an asterisk "*" to be a wildcard character that can be used to substitute for: no characters, any other single character or a string of characters. An asterisk/star is only one of the many wildcards in UNIX, but this is the most powerful one and we will be using this one the most for our exercises. -> **NOTE: The wildcard (*) used in shell is different than how it is used in regular expressions.** For example in regular expressions, you have to use .* to mean "zero or more characters". +> _**NOTE: The wildcard asterik used in shell is different than how it is used in regular expressions.**_ For example in regular expressions, you have to use the period character followed by the asterik .* to mean "zero or more characters". ****