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minus-squareChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSaltOPlinkfedilink1•2 months agoWhat should we talk about then, glob patterns (which are NOT regular expressions, for the love of all that is holy and unholy, stop calling glob patterns RE!)
minus-square@LemoineFairclough@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months ago Historically, pattern matching notation is related to, but slightly different from, the regular expression notation https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_13
What should we talk about then, glob patterns (which are NOT regular expressions, for the love of all that is holy and unholy, stop calling glob patterns RE!)
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_13