Gamma™ : Version 6.4
	Strings and Buffers

`shell_match`

shell_match — compares string text to a pattern.

Syntax

shell_match (text, pattern)

t if the text matches the pattern, otherwise nil.

This function compares the text to the pattern using shell-style wildcard rules. The available patterns are as follows:

* matches any number of characters, including zero.

[c] matches a single character which is a member of the set contained within the square brackets.

[^c] matches any single character which is not a member of the set contained within the square brackets.

? matches a single character.

{xx,yy} matches either of the simple strings contained within the braces.

\c (a backslash followed by a character) - matches that character.

To get a directory listing of just *.txt files, use:

shell_match(directory("/etc/readme",0,nil),"*.txt");

Gamma> shell_match("hello","?el[a-m]*");
t
Gamma> shell_match("hello","hel{p,m,ga}");
nil
Gamma>


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