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Within the command prompt, the question mark is used with a filename as a wildcard for one character you do not know the entire path of. For example, if you did not know the file extension for a certain filename such as WINWORD, you would type "WINWORD.???" without quotations.
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What is the purpose of the question in a file name?
the question mark is a wild card for one character if you do not know what letter or number it should be
In a command line what is the purpose of the question mark in a file name?
To help look things documents and other things up.
What is the purpose of the question mark in a file name in a command line?
In a command line, the question mark serves as a wildcard character that represents any single character in a file name. It allows you to search for files with names that match a certain pattern or criteria without needing to specify the exact character.
What can not go into a Excel workbook file name?
Special characters, such as the asterisk and the question mark.
What is the name of this mark '?
Question Mark ? is a question mark.
What is the purpose of the question mark in a file name?
You cannot have a file name containing a question mark; it is an invalid character. However, you can use the question mark as a wildcard. E.g., to list every .txt file that has exactly two characters in its file name you would use the following command: dir ??.txt The '?' wildcard simply means any one character. If you wish to specify any group of characters, use the asterisk wildcard instead: dir *.txt For more information, look up "wildcard" in the command line documentation. Most systems limit a file name to alphabet letters A-Z (and a-z) and numbers 0-9 and some special characters such as "$", "_", "#" with a single period separating the name part from an extension part (i.e. document.txt spreadsheet.xls). However, the actual directory structure in modern systems uses 8-bit characters for the file name so it is not impossible to have "invalid" characters in a file name. On the Microsoft platforms, a system or hardware misadventure can resulted in a corrupted file name entry with punctuation or non-printable characters in the file name. Some utilities deal with this by displaying question mark characters as printable substitutes for them. Unix/linux implementations, being less restrictive, allow file names to have non-printable characters by using the backslash ("\") escape code.
What is the name of the symbol for a question mark?
The symbol for a question mark is simply called a "question mark."
What is the name of the upside-down question mark?
that's a Spanish question mark
What is the name for the question mark?
Another word for question mark is interrogation point.
Your name and a question mark?
This has noo answer!!!
What is the name of the punctuation mark that is used after the words bread and butter?
Question mark. That is a stupid question.
What the name of this symbol?
It appears to be a question mark
