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# Include and exclude files and folders

You can use wildcard expressions to specify files to be excluded and/or included when you run the update, deliver, and merge operations.

For example, if your stream contains a compiled project, and the compiled sources and executables are in a folder called "debug", use the filter *\debug to exclude the folder from all deliveries.

You can use the following characters in expressions:

Character | Description
--- | ---
* | Matches a complete folder tree, or a file anywhere in the folder tree.
? | Matches any single character.
| | Joins or concatenates multiple expressions.

Examples of exclusion filters:

`build/bar.obj|build/bar.exe` | Explicitly excludes the files `bar.obj` and `bar.exe` in the folder `build`.
`obj/*` | Excludes all files and subfolders recursively beneath the folder `obj`.
`*.obj|*.exe` | Excludes all files with the extension `.obj` and .`exe`.
`build/*.obj|build/*.exe` | Excludes files with the extension `.obj` and `.exe` in the folder `build` (and its subfolders).
`build/logs` | Excludes the folder `build/logs`.

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See also:

- Ignore files and folders

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