diff --git a/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Commands.java b/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Commands.java
index 7a496ab46..893b734cf 100644
--- a/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Commands.java
+++ b/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Commands.java
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
@@ -157,6 +161,10 @@ public static void less(Terminal terminal, InputStream in, PrintStream out, Prin
         for (String arg : opt.args()) {
             if ("-".equals(arg)) {
                 sources.add(new StdInSource(in));
+            } else if (arg.contains("*") || arg.contains("?")) {
+                PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:"+arg);
+                Files.find(currentDir, Integer.MAX_VALUE, (path, f) -> pathMatcher.matches(path))
+                     .forEach(p -> sources.add(doUrlSource(currentDir, p)));
             } else {
                 sources.add(new URLSource(currentDir.resolve(arg).toUri().toURL(), arg));
             }
@@ -164,6 +172,16 @@ public static void less(Terminal terminal, InputStream in, PrintStream out, Prin
         less.run(sources);
     }
 
+    private static Source doUrlSource(Path currentDir, Path file) {
+        Source out = null;
+        try {
+            out = new URLSource(currentDir.resolve(file).toUri().toURL(), file.toString());
+        } catch (MalformedURLException exp) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(exp.getMessage());
+        }
+        return out;
+    }
+
     public static void history(LineReader reader, PrintStream out, PrintStream err, Path currentDir,
                                String[] argv) throws Exception {
         final String[] usage = {
diff --git a/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Nano.java b/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Nano.java
index 181774b4a..8fccfb1ab 100644
--- a/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Nano.java
+++ b/builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Nano.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
@@ -965,7 +967,13 @@ public void open(String... files) throws IOException {
 
     public void open(List<String> files) throws IOException {
         for (String file : files) {
-            buffers.add(new Buffer(file));
+            if (file.contains("*") || file.contains("?")) {
+                PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:"+file);
+                Files.find(root, Integer.MAX_VALUE, (path, f) -> pathMatcher.matches(path))
+                     .forEach(p -> buffers.add(new Buffer(p.toString())));
+            } else {
+                buffers.add(new Buffer(file));
+            }
         }
     }