Using wildcards is not as hard as you might think. If only you knew how to use wildcard find and replace! But now that deadline is looming, and there’s still a lot of work ahead. Your anguished cry rings out in the middle of the night: “Why, oh why, did I accept this stupid freelance job?” You know the answer: The client offered you twice as much money as you’d ordinarily get for a job like this because the deadline is tight.