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| String Pattern-Matching Library Functions | gmatch(3GEN) |
| | gmatch - shell global pattern matching |
SYNOPSIS
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cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lgen [ library ... ]
#include <libgen.h> int gmatch(const char *str, const char *pattern); |
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gmatch() checks whether the null-terminated string str matches the null-terminated pattern string pattern. See the sh(1), section File Name Generation, for a discussion of pattern matching. A
backslash (\) is used as an escape character in pattern strings.
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gmatch() returns non-zero if the pattern matches the string, zero if the pattern does not.
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| | Example 1. Examples of gmatch function.
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In the following example, gmatch() returns non-zero (true) for all strings with "a" or "-" as their last character.
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char *s;
gmatch (s, "*[a\-]" )
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See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT-Level | MT-Safe |
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When compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in multithreaded applications.
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