Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:17:12 +0100 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: glob, re_format(7) Message-ID: <bc5e8a42-12f5-020e-9f62-63b32106a4d3@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ZNvUq9yoebb9C5Gs@rain.cave> References: <88d40ec4-1b5a-4d5e-b6f7-618a3b31fdbb@gmail.com> <835b25ff-81a5-6c18-f335-e8141c8da81a@gmail.com> <8987c03b-8630-48e2-a303-6bbd9ff1900f@FreeBSD.org> <940473ca-2052-a490-c4e0-56785b5de839@gmail.com> <ZNvUq9yoebb9C5Gs@rain.cave>
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On 15/08/2023 20:40, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 07:46:13PM +0100, Graham Perrin wrote: > >> Is there a good manual page alternative to >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)>? > > That Wikipedia article describes the library functions fnmatch() and > glob(), which both exist and have man pages in FreeBSD (manual section > 3). The shells also document their filename matching, in their man > pages. Obscurely, via <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gstat&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release#DESCRIPTION>; for gstat(8) I stumbled into: re_format(7) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=re_format&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release>; Not what I was seeking, originally, however it does contain much of what I want. The online view (above) is somewhat difficult to read due to the peculiar appearance of ` characters, there's no such problem when the page is viewed in a console or terminal. I could/should have found re_format(7) via the SEE ALSO section of regex(3), but I didn't get that far down the page because I was turned off by the preceding sections :-)
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