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authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2023-07-17 22:43:18 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2025-03-30 12:31:37 +0200
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man/: srcfix (\fX => \f[X])
While doing this global change, fix other minor issues found nearby. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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@@ -77,28 +77,44 @@ case-insensitively.
.B FNM_EXTMATCH
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, extended patterns are
supported, as introduced by \&'ksh' and now supported by other shells.
-The extended format is as follows, with \fIpattern\-list\fR
+The extended format is as follows, with
+.I pattern\-list
being a \&'|' separated list of patterns.
.TP
-\&'?(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
+.RI \&'?( pattern\-list )'
The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of any of the
-patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
+patterns in the
+.I pattern\-list
+match the input
+.IR string .
.TP
-\&'*(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
+.RI \&'*( pattern\-list )'
The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of any of the
-patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
+patterns in the
+.I pattern\-list
+match the input
+.IR string .
.TP
-\&'+(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
+.RI \&'+( pattern\-list )'
The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of any of the
-patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
+patterns in the
+.I pattern\-list
+match the input
+.IR string .
.TP
-\&'@(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
+.RI \&'@( pattern\-list )'
The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any of the
-patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR match the input \fIstring\fR.
+patterns in the
+.I pattern\-list
+match the input
+.IR string .
.TP
-\&'!(\fIpattern\-list\fR)'
-The pattern matches if the input \fIstring\fR cannot be matched with
-any of the patterns in the \fIpattern\-list\fR.
+.RI \&'!( pattern\-list )'
+The pattern matches if the input
+.I string
+cannot be matched with
+any of the patterns in the
+.IR pattern\-list .
.SH RETURN VALUE
Zero if
.I string