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minus-squareChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSaltOPlinkfedilink2•22 days 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•22 days 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
You clods won’t shut up about regular expressions.
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