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Matching file names with regular expressions

Matching file names with regular expressions

You can use the following metacharacters within any shell to create regular expressions that match file names.

   ?	matches any single character
   *	matches any number of any characters
   [nnn]	matches any of the enclosed characters
   [!nnn]	match any character that is not enclosed

[n-n] matches any character in this range