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diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi index 6479a1f..f4f1424 100644 --- a/manual/pattern.texi +++ b/manual/pattern.texi @@ -99,6 +99,38 @@ would match the string @samp{foobar/frobozz}. @comment GNU @item FNM_CASEFOLD Ignore case in comparing @var{string} to @var{pattern}. + +@comment fnmatch.h +@comment GNU +@item FNM_EXTMATCH +@cindex Korn Shell +@pindex ksh +Recognize beside the normal patterns also the extended patterns +introduced in @file{ksh}. The patterns are written in the form +explained in the following table where @var{pattern-list} is a @code{|} +separated list of patterns. + +@table @code +@item ?(@var{pattern-list}) +The pattern matches if zero or one occurences of any of the patterns +in the @var{pattern-list} allow matching the input string. + +@item *(@var{pattern-list}) +The pattern matches if zero or more occurences of any of the patterns +in the @var{pattern-list} allow matching the input string. + +@item +(@var{pattern-list}) +The pattern matches if one or more occurences of any of the patterns +in the @var{pattern-list} allow matching the input string. + +@item @@(@var{pattern-list}) +The pattern matches if exactly one occurence of any of the patterns in +the @var{pattern-list} allows matching the input string. + +@item !(@var{pattern-list}) +The pattern matches if the input string cannot be matched with any of +the patterns in the @var{pattern-list}. +@end table @end table @node Globbing |