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      <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN4155">5.5. Wildcard Printcap
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      <p>If you specify a printcap name or alias as <var class=
      "LITERAL">*</var> (wildcard), then if the <b class=
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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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