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sshregex(5)
NAME
  sshregex - Glob (wildcard) patterns

PATTERNS
  The escape character is a backslash (\). You can use the backslash to
  specify metacharacters that you want to use in their plain character form.
  In the following examples, literal E and F denote any expression; for
  example, a pattern or character.

  *   Match any character string. The characters can be any characters except
      for slash (/). However, the asterisk does not match a string if a dot
      (.) is the first character, or if the string contains a dot immediately
      after a slash.  If the previous character is a slash (/), or the
      asterisk (*) is used to denote a match at the beginning of a string,
      the asterisk does match a dot (.).  That is, the asterisk functions as
      it does in Tru64 UNIX shell file globs.

  ?   Match any single character except for a slash (/). However, do not
      match a dot (.) if located at the beginning of the string, or if the
      previous character is a slash (/).  That is, the question mark (?)
      functions as it does in Tru64 UNIX shell file globs.

  **/ Match any sequence of characters that is either empty or ends in a
      slash. However, the substring /. is not allowed. Note that ** is
      equivalent to *.

  E#  Act as Kleene star; match E.

  E## Closure; match E one or more times.

  (   Start a capturing subexpression.

  )   End a capturing subexpression.

  E|F Disjunction; match (inclusively) either E or F.  E is preferred if both
      match.

  [   Start a character set. See CHARACTER SETS.

  ]   End a character set. See CHARACTER SETS.

CHARACTER SETS
  A character set starts with an open bracket ( [ ) and ends at a non-escaped
  close bracket ( ] ) that is not part of a POSIX character set specifier and
  that does not follow immediately after an open bracket.  The following
  characters have a special meaning and need to be escaped if meant
  literally:

  - (minus sign)
      A range operator, except immediately after an open bracket, where it
      loses its special meaning.

  ^ or !
      If immediately after starting an open bracket, denotes a complement:
      the whole character set will be complemented. Otherwise literal ^.

  [:alnum:]
      Characters for which isalnum returns true.

  [:alpha:]
      Characters for which isalpha returns true.

  [:cntrl:]
      Characters for which iscntrl returns true.

  [:digit:]
      Characters for which isdigit returns true.

  [:graph:]
      Characters for which isgraph returns true.

  [:lower:]
      Characters for which islower returns true.

  [:print:]
      Characters for which isprint returns true.

  [:punct:]
      Characters for which ispunct returns true.

  [:space:]
      Characters for which isspace returns true.

  [:upper:]
      Characters for which isupper returns true.

  [:xdigit:]
      Characters for which isxdigit returns true.

EXAMPLE
  [[:xdigit:]XY] is typically equivalent to [0123456789ABCDEFabcdefXY].

LEGAL NOTICES
  SSH is a registered trademark of SSH Communication Security Ltd.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: scp2(1), sftp2(1)

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