EVE$HELP.HLB  —  SHOW_WILDCARDS
  SHOW WILDCARDS

  Lists the wildcards (sometimes called meta-characters) you can use with
  WILDCARD FIND---either VMS or ULTRIX, depending on your setting or type of
  system.

  Steps:

     1.  Use the SHOW WILDCARDS command. The list appears appears in the
         SHOW buffer, using the entire EVE main window.

     2.  To scroll through the list, if necessary, press the UP and DOWN
         arrows or other cursor-movement keys.

     3.  To return to the buffer you were editing, press DO or a key defined
         as RESET (such as GOLD-SELECT).

  Usage notes:

  o  The default wildcards depend on the system you are using. Thus, on VMS,
     the defualt is SET WILDCARD VMS. If you want to use ULTRIX wildcards on
     VMS or conversely, put the relevant command in an initialization file
     (typically named EVE$INIT.EVE). See help on Initialization Files.

  o  The setting applies only to WILDCARD FIND and SHOW WILDCARDS---it does
     not affect wildcards in file names, which are determined by the
     operating system.

  o  Output from SHOW WILDCARDS remains in the SHOW buffer until you do
     another SHOW command or exit from EVE. To write out the list of
     wildcards, so you can print the list, use the following commands---in
     this case writing the list to a file called EVE_WILDCARDS.LIS:

        Command: SHOW WILDCARDS
        Command: BUFFER SHOW
        Command: WRITE FILE eve_wildcards.lis

  Related topics:

     SET WILDCARD ULTRIX     SET WILDCARD VMS     WILDCARD FIND
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