John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Paul McGuire wrote:
> > "Paul McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >> where '*' matches one or more characters, and '?' matches any
> >> single
> >
> > oops, I meant '*' matches zero or more characters.
>
> '?' also matches 0 characters
Not in globs. In a glob, '?' matches any one character, '*' matches
any zero or more characters.
In a regex, '.' matches any one character, '?' matches the preceding
atom zero or one times, '*' matches the preceding atom zero or more
times, and '+' matches the preceding atom one or more times.
They're quite different syntaxes, but confusingly similar in
appearance.
On most GNU+Linux systems, these two commands get the relevant manual
pages:
$ man 7 glob
$ man 7 regex
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