Terms
Character range A method for specifying a set of characters by giving the first and last character in the set.
Globbing The process used by the shell to produce a list of files that match a particular expression. Also known as filename substitution.
Meta-characters Characters that have a special meaning in the shell.
Substitution The process by which the shell converts a string containing meta-characters into a different string that is the result of interpreting the meta-characters.
Wildcards Meta-characters used in globbing. The two main wildcards are * and ?.
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