pattern -- Definition

A pattern  is any combination of  text and wildcard characters  that can be
interpreted   by   a  command.    Patterns   are   also  called   ``regular
expressions''.

The  function pnmatch()  compares two patterns  and indicates  whether they
match.

For a  fuller explanation of  how to use patterns  within applications, see
the section on Expert Editing in the tutorial for the line editor ed.

See Also

egrep,
pnmatch(),
Programming COHERENT,
wildcards

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness