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10. Pattern Matching

The GNU C Library provides pattern matching facilities for two kinds of patterns: regular expressions and file-name wildcards. The library also provides a facility for expanding variable and command references and parsing text into words in the way the shell does.

10.1 Wildcard Matching    Matching a wildcard pattern against a single string.

10.2 Globbing    Finding the files that match a wildcard pattern.

10.3 Regular Expression Matching    Matching regular expressions against strings.

10.4 Shell-Style Word Expansion    Expanding shell variables, nested commands, arithmetic, and wildcards. This is what the shell does with shell commands.

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10.1 Wildcard Matching		Matching a wildcard pattern against a single string.
10.2 Globbing		Finding the files that match a wildcard pattern.
10.3 Regular Expression Matching		Matching regular expressions against strings.
10.4 Shell-Style Word Expansion		Expanding shell variables, nested commands, arithmetic, and wildcards. This is what the shell does with shell commands.