Autocad: About finding text by pattern
Quick Select Dialog Box → Finding text by pattern. Wildcard Match.
You can use regular expressions when selecting text.
Properties: Contents. Use Operator : Wild-Card
Here's a list of all possible wild-card characters when searching for names or text strings within product features.
(Pound) -Matches any numeric digit
@ (At) -Matches any alphabetic character
. (Period) -Matches any non-alphanumeric character
(Asterisk) -Matches any string and can be used anywhere in the search string
? (Question mark) -Matches any single character; for example, ?BC matches ABC, 3BC, and so on
~ (Tilde) -Matches anything but the pattern; for example; ~*AB*matches all strings that don't contain AB
[ ] -Matches any one of the characters enclosed; for example, [AB]C matches AC and BC
[~] -Matches any character not enclosed; for example, [~AB]C matches XC but not AC
[-]Specifies a range for a single character; for example, [A-G]C matches AC, BC, and so on to GC, but not HC
` -(Reverse quote)Reads the next character literally; for example, `~AB matches ~AB