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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 a question mark in a file name?

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.


For the purpose of DSN we have to specify a database name so how do we give a name to a database?

The same you would to any other file. Consider the purpose of your database, what you are using it for, what data you are compiling. Think about what product you are producing, what the central idea of the file is. That is your name.


How long can any file name in Windows be?

That is ur wish type it as long as u can then the file name is that long in windows & is this a question of absolute Necessity


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 purpose of the question mark in a file name in a command line?

it is a wildcard for each unknown letter in a command. If you want to find all files in a directory that start with a and have a three letter file extention, you would use the command dir a*.???


How many people would answer the question what is your name in Boston?

That would depend on who was asking the question, in what circumstances and for what purpose.


The Name assigned to a file when it is saved?

File Name


What can not go into a Excel workbook file name?

Special characters, such as the asterisk and the question mark.


What is the purpose of the assoc command in windows?

Assoc is used to display or modify file name extension associations. Used without parameters, assoc displays a list of all the current file name extension associations.


What is a good name for a traveler?

Don't understand your question. For what purpose? He/she already has a name, why would he/she need another?


Is a file name separated from an extension by a comma?

This sounds like a computer-related question rather than a grammar and punctuation question. In that case, it is usually a period (dot) that goes between the file name and extension. Examples are shoplist.txt, resume.docx, budget.xlsx, and analysis.sas7bdat.