sh(1): Improve documentation of shell patterns:
* Shell patterns are also for ${var#pat} and the like. * An '!' by itself will not trigger pathname generation so do not call it a meta-character, even though it has a special meaning directly after an '['. * Character ranges are locale-dependent. * A '^' will complement a character class like '!' but is non-standard. MFC after: 1 week
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@ -1629,15 +1629,15 @@ There are two restrictions on this: first, a pattern cannot match
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a string containing a slash, and second,
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a pattern cannot match a string starting with a period
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unless the first character of the pattern is a period.
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The next section describes the patterns used for both
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Pathname Expansion and the
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The next section describes the patterns used for
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Pathname Expansion,
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the four varieties of parameter expansion for substring processing and the
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.Ic case
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command.
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.Ss Shell Patterns
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A pattern consists of normal characters, which match themselves,
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and meta-characters.
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The meta-characters are
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.Ql \&! ,
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.Ql * ,
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.Ql \&? ,
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and
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@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ matches a
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.Ql \&[
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rather than introducing a character class.
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A character class matches any of the characters between the square brackets.
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A range of characters may be specified using a minus sign.
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A locale-dependent range of characters may be specified using a minus sign.
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A named class of characters (see
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.Xr wctype 3 )
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may be specified by surrounding the name with
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@ -1680,12 +1680,17 @@ is a shell pattern that matches a single letter.
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The character class may be complemented by making an exclamation point
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.Pq Ql !\&
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the first character of the character class.
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A caret
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.Pq Ql ^
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has the same effect but is non-standard.
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.Pp
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To include a
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.Ql \&]
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in a character class, make it the first character listed
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(after the
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.Ql \&! ,
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.Ql \&!
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or
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.Ql ^ ,
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if any).
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To include a
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.Ql - ,
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