Glob
Glob Patterns
*
is not the only globbing primitive. Other globbing primitives are:
-
?
- matches any single character -
[abd]
- matches any character from a, b or d -
[a-d]
- matches any character from a, b, c or d -
.
has no meaning as a glob.
Globbing vs Regex
- spec: Globbing is interpreted by the shell, while regex is interpreted by a program (like
rename
) - commands surrounded by single-quotes are not interpreted by the shell.