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31 .Nd performs pattern matching on strings
35 .Fn pmatch "const char *string" "const char *pattern" "const char **estr"
37 Extract substring matching
44 points to the end of the longest exact or substring match.
47 uses the following metacharacters:
50 match any single character.
52 match any character 0 or more times.
54 define a range of characters that will match.
55 The range is defined by 2 characters separated by a
57 The range definition has to end with a
63 will negate the range.
67 will return 2 for an exact match, 1 for a substring match, 0 for no match and
68 \-1 if an error occurs.