Russell Bateman
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Global-based expressions, also loosely known as glob, are less powerful than regular expressions. Use of glob is most apparent in UNIX and Linux.
| Expression | Sample string | Sample strings that match |
|---|---|---|
| * | "abc*", "*abc" or "*abc*" | "abcdefghij", "01234abc", "01234abc56789" |
| ? | "a?c" | "a1c" |
| [abc] | "a[bB]c" | "abc", "aBc" |
| [!abc] | "a[!bB]c" | "azc", "a1c", "aAc" |
| [0-9] | "abc[0-9]" | "abc6" |
| [!0-9] | "abc[!a-z]" | "abcA", "abc6" |
| / | can never be matched |