Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The By Anatole Olczak
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Appendix G. Pdksh Quick Reference
File name substitution is a feature which allows special characters and patterns to substituted with file names in the current directory, or arguments to the case and [[...]] commands.
Pattern-Matching Characters/Patterns
?
match any single character
*
match zero or more characters, including null
[abc]
match any characters between the brackets
[x z]
match any characters in the range x to z
[a ce g]
match any characters in the range a to c, e to g
[!abc]
match any characters not between the brackets
[!x z]
match any characters not in the range x to z
.
strings starting with '.' must be explicitly matched
?(pattern-list)
match zero or one occurrence of any pattern
*(pattern-list)
match zero or more occurrences of any pattern
+(pattern-list)
match one or more occurrence of any pattern
@(pattern-list)
match exactly one occurrence of any pattern
!(pattern-list)
match anything except any pattern
pattern-list
multiple patterns must be separated with a '|' character
