Bash: Difference between "Pattern Matching" and "Filename Expansion" in the context of parameter expansions that do matching

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Answer by Kaz for Bash: Difference between "Pattern Matching" and "Filename...

July 1, 2023, 7:15 pm

Pattern matching refers to the idea that the pattern a*k matches aardvark.Filename expansion uses pattern matching. It scans directory entries in the file system, collecting names which match a given...

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Bash: Difference between "Pattern Matching" and "Filename Expansion" in the...

July 1, 2023, 9:41 pm

Edit: Question ansewered by Gordon Davisson's commentI was reading the GNU Bash manual, and I noticed that there are basically three types of "Parameter expansion" that do pattern...

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