Shell-expansion

Shell expansions are shortcuts that can save a significant amount of time typing.

File globbing

Replacing a pattern in a file name or directory

Expansion	Description
~	Expansion for current home directory
*	Matches 0 TO n characters
[ab]	Matches the characters a OR b
[0-9]	Matches characters in the sequence 0 TO 9
[a-z]	Matches characters in the sequence a TO z
^	Negate the expansion: ^[ab] is NOT a OR b
$	Match the end: a$ is ends in a
(PATTERN1|PATTERN2)	Match PATTERN1 OR PATTERN2

References

• Command-Line-A-modern-introduction