how do patterns work in loadcomponent?

General TouchDesigner Discussion
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touch → help loadcomponent
loadcomponent
Usage: loadcomponent [-u] [-v] [-d] filename [pattern…]

Description:
	This will load the component filename into the current component.

Options:
	The -u will leave the nodes inputs unwired.
	The -v will return the name(s) of the new node(s) created.
	The -d will run the destination drop script of the component.

	Optional patterns can be specified.

Example:
	loadcomponent -v c:/test.tox
	loadcomponent -v c:/test.tox icon1 help1

See also:  savecomponent cc

touch →

I’ve tried to use optional patterns, thinking those are either a new name you can give the component, a new destination, but they seem to be ignored.

Can someone explain what the optional patterns are?

thanks,
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The pattern is used for only loading certain nodes out of a .tox file. If you specify a pattern, only the nodes that match the pattern will be loaded.

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Ive updated the help to be more clear.