EXPAND nged BRL-CAD BRL-CAD User Commands
expand Performs matching of the shell globbing pattern with the names of all the objects in the database. It returns all those that successfully match.
`expand` globbing_expression

## DESCRIPTION

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

## EXAMPLES

The example shows the use of the `expand` command to display a list of all database object names having a particular ending.

Display a list of database object names having a particular ending.

mged> `expand *.r`

  A list of all database object names that end in .r is displayed.

## AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

## BUG REPORTS

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