Synopsis

include "lib.m";
filepat:= load Filepat Filepat->PATH;
expand:   fn(pat: string)      : list of string;
match:    fn(pat, name: string): int;

The asterisk * matches a string of zero or more characters.

The query ? matches any single character.

The notation [s], where s is a non-empty string, matches any single character in s. A range of characters can be expressed by a string s of the form c_start-c_end. The notation [^s], where s is a non-empty string, matches any single character not in s. The characters *,?, and [ lose their special meaning if they occur in s.

If any character is preceded by the character \, that character loses any special meaning and is interpreted literally.

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