Re: alternation option end of string

Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Fri, 1 May 2026 22:07:43 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.shells.zsh.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 2026-05-01 21:57, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> globbing and (zsh) string matching are nearly identical, so most
> people tend to use either term for both things. The main difference is
> that * can match across a / in string matching but not in globbing.
> Ie, a*b will match "a/b" but not the file a/b, but pretty much
> everything else works the same (where applicable).
That's the sort of concise information that's invaluable when you need 
it.  Tx.

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