EXPAND(nged)

Performs matching of the shell globbing pattern with the names of all the objects in the database. It returns all those that successfully match.

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💅 EXPAND(nged) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the EXPAND(nged) page — it lives in BRL-CAD User Commands, and it’s here to explain the expand command. No cap, it’s short and sweet.

✨ NAME ✨

expand — does matching of the shell globbing pattern against the names of all the objects in the database, then returns all the ones that successfully match. Slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

expand {globbing_expression}

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so expand takes your globbing_expression and performs matching with the names of all the objects in the database. It returns all those that successfully match. That’s the whole vibe — no extra plot twists.

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

💖 Example 1. Display a list of database object names having a particular ending. 💖

This example shows expand being used to display a list of all database object names having a particular ending.

mged> expand *.r

and then you get a list of all database object names that end in .r — the page says that list is displayed. iconic behavior.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team.

🌈 BUG REPORTS 🌈

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org.

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