Dillion Megida • 6/4/2022

Regex vs Globbing | Differences and Similarities

Read Original

This technical article clarifies the distinction between regex (regular expressions) used in code (e.g., JavaScript) for string matching and globbing patterns used in the terminal for matching file names. It provides basic examples of both, highlighting their different use cases, syntax, and capabilities within software development and system operations.

0 comments
#terminal #shell #regex
Regex vs Globbing | Differences and Similarities

Comments

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!

Browser Extension

Get instant access to AllDevBlogs from your browser

Top of the Week

1
The Beautiful Web
Jens Oliver Meiert • 2 votes
2
When your coding agent doesn’t understand your project, you’ll get junk
Benjamin Cane • 1 votes
3
LLM Use in the Python Source Code
Miguel Grinberg • 1 votes
4
Wagon’s algorithm in Python
John D. Cook • 1 votes
5
An example conversation with Claude Code
Dumm Zeuch • 1 votes