Regular Expression Words-of-Caution
Regular expressions describe patterns for which you are searching. The regular expression usually defines the pattern for which you are searching using wildcards. Since a regular expression defines a pattern you are searching for, the terms regular expression and pattern matching are often used interchangably.
Let's get down to a couple of words-of-caution immediately:
Regular expressions are different from file-matching patterns used by the shell. Regular expressions are used by both the shell and many programs, including those covered in this chapter. The file matching done by the shell and programs such as find are different from the regular expressions covered in this chapter.
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