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diff --git a/man7/glob.7 b/man7/glob.7 index 80e306508..466701ce7 100644 --- a/man7/glob.7 +++ b/man7/glob.7 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" 2003-08-24 fix for / by John Kristoff + joey .\" -.TH glob 7 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03" +.TH glob 7 2023-03-08 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" .SH NAME glob \- globbing pathnames .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ three characters \[aq][\[aq], \[aq]]\[aq], and \[aq]!\[aq].) .PP There is one special convention: two characters separated by \[aq]\-\[aq] denote a range. -(Thus, "\fI[A\-Fa\-f0\-9]\fP" -is equivalent to "\fI[ABCDEFabcdef0123456789]\fP".) -One may include \[aq]\-\[aq] in its literal meaning by making it the -first or last character between the brackets. -(Thus, "\fI[]\-]\fP" matches just the two characters \[aq]]\[aq] and \[aq]\-\[aq], +(Thus, +"\fI[A\-Fa\-f0\-9]\fP" is equivalent to "\fI[ABCDEFabcdef0123456789]\fP".) +One may include \[aq]\-\[aq] in its literal meaning +by making it the first or last character between the brackets. +(Thus, +"\fI[]\-]\fP" matches just the two characters \[aq]]\[aq] and \[aq]\-\[aq], and "\fI[\-\-0]\fP" matches the -three characters \[aq]\-\[aq], \[aq].\[aq], \[aq]0\[aq], since \[aq]/\[aq] -cannot be matched.) +three characters \[aq]\-\[aq], \[aq].\[aq], and \[aq]0\[aq], +since \[aq]/\[aq] cannot be matched.) .PP .B Complementation .PP @@ -63,9 +64,11 @@ by removing the first \[aq]!\[aq] from it. (Thus, "\fI[!]a\-]\fP" matches any single character except \[aq]]\[aq], \[aq]a\[aq], and \[aq]\-\[aq].) .PP -One can remove the special meaning of \[aq]?\[aq], \[aq]*\[aq], and \[aq][\[aq] by -preceding them by a backslash, or, in case this is part of -a shell command line, enclosing them in quotes. +One can remove the special meaning of \[aq]?\[aq], \[aq]*\[aq], and \[aq][\[aq] +by preceding them by a backslash, +or, +in case this is part of a shell command line, +enclosing them in quotes. Between brackets these characters stand for themselves. Thus, "\fI[[?*\e]\fP" matches the four characters \[aq][\[aq], \[aq]?\[aq], \[aq]*\[aq], and \[aq]\e\[aq]. |