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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The rewrite file permits matching of wildcards: ? (single character), * (zero or more characters), and + (one or more characters) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But according to the docs (lines 4914 & 4915 of JNOS2-MAN.txt) and confirmed by experimentation, only the * and + can be referenced on the right-side with a $#. Without the ability to reference the ? match, I don’t see its usefulness except to drop a character.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abc*def abc$1def works<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abc+def abc$1def works<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abc?def abc$1def does not work<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It sure would be helpful if this worked. I have lots of uses for matching exactly a single character or exactly 2 or 3 characters. For example:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abc???def abc$1$2$3def<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know of a reason why the ? match cannot be referenced with $# (other than someone just didn’t code it)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>