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> Some by "regex" mean "globs" and you can just use "*" and "?" for stand-ins for some number of characters. What kind of scary tool is that?

• RHSeeger 5y ago
  Glob is used in most shells, plus in several languages (Tcl has both glob and regexp matching).
  • Semaphor 5y ago
    Yeah, but they don't call it "regex" which would be the scary part.
    • RHSeeger 5y ago
      Ah, I interpreted the original statement as > Some [people] by "regex" mean "globs"
      • Semaphor 5y ago
        Ah, that makes far more sense. Though it makes OPs argument even more nonsensical ;)