Wild Cards in External Operating System Commands for HP-UX

Hello,
Is it possible to use wildcards for HP-UX commands in SM69?
For example, I would think the following would work in HP-UX:
mv /directory/file_name.* /directory2
But whenever I execute a command with the * wildcard in SM69 I get the message 'No such file or directory'
Thanks,
Joel

This is wierd, I can't even do 'ls *.TRC'
Here's another example, using absolute path names that didn't work:
mv /usr/afisinw_cpafiscd/WHSE/ready/portalActivity_311688752_1243622628104.* /usr/afisinw_cpafiscd/WHSE/ready/portalActivityOld
error: cannot access: No such file or directory External program terminated with exit code 1
But when I replace the * with txt it works. Unfortuneately I need to move multiple portalActivity files each time, and the beauty of using an external command is that my ABAP program is only a few lines long.
Could there be some sort of a safety feature in SAP to prevent the use of * in external commands?

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