CLI wildcards?

Hi, On some occasions I have had to type a very long command that is not in the history file or access multiple file with a common character. ie files aa, ab, ac, ad, ae, af What character could I use to simulate wild cards similar to the DOS * ie $> cp /home/a* /home/hylton/ appreciated -- The wildcard Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================