Wildcards in Computer Search

Modified on Wed, 10 May 2023 at 01:41 PM

Wildcards

When the setting "EnableWildcardsInSearch" is activated: SQL Wildcards can be used to search for computers. A wildcard character is used to substitute one or more characters.

Example

This will help you to find the computers you are looking for.
e.g. a search for "B-IT-Win[7-8]-VM%" will find computer that contain Win7 or Win8 in its name.

List of Symbols

Symbol
Description
Example
%
Represents zero or more characters
M-IT-WIN%-VM001
_
Represents a single character
_-IT-Win10-VM001
[ ]
Represents any character within the brackets
[MBF]-IT-Win10-VM001
^
Represents any character not in the brackets
[^M]-IT-Win10-VM001
-
Represents a range of characters
B-IT-Win[7-8]-VM001 

Document information

Last Modified Date
08.05.2023

Verified versions
five(9)s Console version 4.2
five(9)s Console version 4.1 or below

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