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''How Does this Work? (Process of Globbing)''
[[Image:globbing-demo.png|thumb|right|250px400px|'''Globbing''' is the process of expanding filenames as separate arguments that match an argument that uses a '''wildcard symbol''' (such as '''*''').]]
'''File globbing''' is a feature provided by the UNIX/Linux shell to represent multiple filenames by using special characters called wildcards with a single file name. A wildcard is essentially a symbol which may be used to substitute for one or more characters. Therefore, we can use wildcards for generating the appropriate combination of file names as per our requirement.<br>Reference: https://www.linuxnix.com/10-file-globbing-examples-linux-unix/