A File Glob is a way to match files. "*" matches any charactor zero or more times. "?" matches any charactor exactly once. "[a-z?" matches any charactor in the range a-z.
matches all files that contain a "." in them.
a*
matches all files that begin with a
[a-z?*
matches all files that begin with a lowercase letter
matches all files that end with .gz
See glob(7) for more advanced uses.
Contrast RegularExpressions?.
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