Docker equivalent of cd /some/th*ng using WORKDIR (wildcard change directory)

In BASH we can change directory to an unknown name, using a * as a wildcard - for example:

cd /some/*ing will change directory to cd /some/thing/ (if there is only 1 match for the wildcard)

How can we do the same thing using WORKDIR in a Dockerfile?

If I try to do WORKDIR /some/*ing, then it instead creates a directory named literally /some/*ing/ and it changes directory to that, instead of /some/thing/

Solution

WORKDIR does not support the use of a * as a wildcard
RUN cd does support the use of a * as a wildcard, but will not affect subsequent RUN commands
RUN mv to move the directory to a constant known directory name could affect other programs (E.G. git init) that expect the directory to exist at the unknown name
Hard links are not supported for directories
Symbolic links are supported for directories, and support the use of a * as a wildcard

The following code can be used to change to a directory where only the last part of the directory's name is known (ending with .wiki).

For example to change directory to /docs/someunknowndir.wiki/, using a symlink at /docs/wiki/:

# Starting directory
WORKDIR /docs

# Create a symlink from the unknown name to a known name
RUN ln -s *.wiki wiki

# Change to the dir, using the known name
WORKDIR wiki

# Do stuff with the dir - E.G.
RUN ls -Rlah .

# When finished doing stuff with the dir...

# Reset to the starting directory
WORKDIR ..

# Delete the dir at the unknown name + the symlink at the known name
RUN rm -rf *.wiki wiki

Thanks goes to @CharlesDuffy for the symlink idea!