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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN4086">5.5. Wildcard Printcap
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<p>If you specify a printcap name or alias as <tt class=
"LITERAL">*</tt> (wildcard), then if the <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> system cannot find a printcap with
the exact name then the first matching wildcard will be used.
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pr|*:rm=server
lpr -Ppr2 will match, and result in a printcap entry
pr|pr2:rm=server
*|pr:rm=server
lpr -Ppr2 will match, and result in a printcap entry
pr2|pr:rm=server
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