5.33.18.2 Wildcard Characters
You can use the following wildcard characters in names used in Tcl commands:
Wildcard | What it Does |
\ | Interprets the next character literally |
? | Matches any single character |
* | Matches any string |
Wildcard | What it Does |
[] | Matches any single character among those listed between brackets (that is, [A-Z] matches any single character in the A-to-Z range) |
The matching function requires that you add a slash (\) before each slash in the port, instance, or net name when using wildcards in a PDC command and when using wildcards in the Find feature of the MultiView Navigator. For example, if you have an instance named “A/B12” in the netlist, and you enter that name as “A\\/B*” in a PDC command, you will not be able to find it. In this case, you must specify the name as A\\\\/B*.