Wildcards
When a command is executed, any argument containing a wildcard is
expanded into a list of filenames matching the wildcard, or an empty
list if none match.
The wildcard characters have the following meanings:
*-
any string except ``/'' or leading dot
?-
any single character except ``/'' or leading dot
[chars]-
any one of the characters in chars, so for example
[xyz] matches either x, y
or z.
The ``/'' symbol must not appear in the brackets.
[!chars]-
any single character except those in chars, ``/''
and leading dot.
For example [!xyz] matches any character other
than x, y, z, /
and leading dot.
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