gmatch(3G)                                                       gmatch(3G)


   NAME
         gmatch - shell global pattern matching

   SYNOPSIS
         cc [flag ...] file ...  -lgen [library ...]

         #include <libgen.h>

         int gmatch (const char *str, const char *pattern);

   DESCRIPTION
         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.  gmatch
         returns non-zero if the pattern matches the string, zero if the
         pattern doesn't.  A backslash (`\') is used as an escape character in
         pattern strings.

   EXAMPLE
               char *s;
               gmatch (s, "*[a\-]" )

         gmatch returns non-zero (true) for all strings with `a' or `-' as
         their last character.

   SEE ALSO
         sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual


























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