Which wildcard character in a shell matches zero or more characters of any kind?

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9 Apr 2019
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Explanation

Option A matches any one character from the set {i, j, k}. Option B matches any single character except i, j, or k. Option C matches exactly one character. Option D, the asterisk '*', matches any sequence of characters, including an empty string.

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