diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-compile-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-compile-test.yml
index 05e0d0002474..7a4a841babf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-compile-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-compile-test.yml
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ jobs:
         # add coupler bypass flag to cmake macros.
         echo 'string(APPEND CPPDEFS " -DCPL_BYPASS")' >> cmake_macros/universal.cmake
         ./case.build
-        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/bld/e3sm.bldlog.??????-??????
-        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/bld/lnd.bldlog.??????-??????
+        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/bld/e3sm.bldlog.*
         ./case.submit --no-batch
-        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/run/e3sm.log.??????-??????
-        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/run/lnd.log.??????-??????
+        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/run/e3sm.log.*
+        cat /home/e3smuser/output/ci_test/run/lnd.log.*