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\
Quotes any character literally, including itself.
\
is exclusively a quoting operator, not
a path separator.
*
Matches zero or more characters, except "
/
" or the
.
in "
/.
".
?
Matches any single character, except "
/
" or the
.
in "
/.
".
[
…
]
Matches exactly one of a set of characters, except "
/
" or the
.
in "
/.
".
[^
…
]
When
^
is the first character, matches exactly one character
not
in the set.
[!
…
]
When
!
is the first character, matches exactly one character
not
in the set.
[
x
-
x
]
Matches exactly one of a range of characters.
[:
xxxxx
:]
For details about this type of wildcard, see any POSIX-standard guide to globbing.
Examples of Standard Globbing
Wildcard
Example
Matches
Does Not Match
/
abc/def/xyz
abc/def/xyz
abc/def
\
abc\?
abc?
abc\? abc/D abcD
*
abc*f
abcdef abc.f
abc/f abcefg
?
abc??
abcde abc.z
abcdef abc/d abc/.
[
…
]
[abc]def
adef cdef
abcdef ade
[^
…
]
[^abc]def
zdef .def 2def
bdef /def /.def
[!
…
]
[!abc]def
zdef .def 2def
cdef /def /.def
[:
xxxxx
:]
[[:lower:]]def
cdef ydef
Adef 2def .def
Globbing Extensions
Globbing Extensions
Description
no / or * at end of rule
Matches only files.
/ at end of rule
Matches only directories.
* or /** at end of rule
Matches both directories and files.
/**
Like
*
except that it also matches the
/
character.
/ at start of rule
Matches from the system's root directory (absolute path) only; that is, the entire string
must be matched. Note: The
/
means the system's root, not the docroot, and not from
the top level specified for the transfer set.
Examples of Globbing Extensions
Globbing Extensions
Example
Matches
Does Not Match
/**
abc/**/def
abc/def abc/x/def abc/.wxy/
def abc/wxy/tuv/def
abc/xyz/def/ zabc/wxy/def
* at end of rule
abc*
abc/file abc/dir
/** at end of rule
abc/**
abc/.file abc/dir abc/
wxy/.dir abc/wxy/tuv/file
abc/
