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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fnmatch.3: Describe the FNM_EXTMATCH flag and pattern
 syntax
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:15:35 +0100
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On 10/15/2015 10:58 AM, P=C3=A1draig Brady wrote:
> Signed-off-by: P=C3=A1draig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>

Thanks, P=C3=A1draig. APplied.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man3/fnmatch.3 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>=20
> diff --git a/man3/fnmatch.3 b/man3/fnmatch.3
> index a7c55ff..3502e06 100644
> --- a/man3/fnmatch.3
> +++ b/man3/fnmatch.3
> @@ -86,6 +86,32 @@ use of glibc and is implemented only in certain ca=
ses.
>  .B FNM_CASEFOLD
>  If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched
>  case-insensitively.
> +.TP
> +.B FNM_EXTMATCH
> +If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, extended patterns are
> +supported, as introduced by \&'ksh' and now supported by other shell=
s.
> +The extended format is as follows, with \fIpattern\-list\fR
> +being a \&'|' separated list of patterns.
> +.TP
> +\&'?(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
> +The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of any of the
> +patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
> +.TP
> +\&'*(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
> +The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of any of the
> +patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
> +.TP
> +\&'+(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
> +The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of any of the
> +patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
> +.TP
> +\&'@(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
> +The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any of the
> +patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
> +.TP
> +\&'!(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
> +The pattern matches if the input \fIstring\fR cannot be matched with
> +any of the patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR.
>  .SH RETURN VALUE
>  Zero if
>  .I string
>=20


--=20
Michael Kerrisk
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