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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2025-11-19 04:40:48 -0500
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2025-11-19 04:40:48 -0500
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Nitpick in man page.
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@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ matches any filename (whether or not it has an extension), and \fI*\fP
or \fI*.\fP only match filenames with no extension.
.sp
A \fI*\fP matches any number of characters (including zero). A \fI?\fP
-matches a single character.
+matches a single character. All other characters match themselves, so
+a wildcard with no \fI*\fP or \fI?\fP must match exactly.
.sp
Like the Atari, anything in the name or extension following a \fI*\fP is
ignored: \fBFOO*BAR.TXT\fP is equivalent to \fBFOO*.TXT\fP, and