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Makefile Pattern Rules & Dependency Generation/$* stem in pattern rules

Use the matched stem from the target pattern.

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Section: Automatic variables

$* stem in pattern rules

makefile
makefile
build/%.min.js: src/%.js
	terser $< -o build/$*.min.js
Explanation

`$*` is mostly for pattern and suffix rules.

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