Some
spdsclean options, such as -domains, use wildcards and pattern matching functions. The spdsclean
utility uses the following wildcard and pattern matching rules:
-
Character strings must match the
domain name from the libnames.parm
parameter file. The match is not case sensitive.
-
In the search pattern, the period (.) and question mark (?) characters find a wildcard
match to any single character in a domain name in the libnames.parm parameter file.
-
The asterisk (*) character terminates the pattern and finds wildcard matches to all
remaining characters in the domain name in the libnames.parm parameter file.
For example, the -domains
pattern ?test* matches the domains ATEST1, ATEST123, ATESTXYZ, CTEST1, and so on, from a libnames.parm
parameter file. The -domains pattern test* matches only the domain name TEST from the libnames.parm parameter file.
Note: When you use wildcard characters
in a -domains pattern, follow the rules for your command shell (such
as ksh) to ensure that these characters are passed to the spdsclean
command. For example, a ksh command shell user needs to enclose the
wildcard pattern in double quotation marks. The double quotation marks
ensure that the wildcard pattern matching occurs relative to the spdsclean
command. Here is an example:
spdsclean -domains "?test*"
You can also disable command shell globbing for the execution of the spdsclean command.