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*       match any string, including the null string
?       match any single character
[ccc]   match any of the characters in ccc.
            [a-d0-3] is equivalent to [abcd0123]
"..."   match ... exactly; quotes protect special characters. Also '...'
\c      match c literally
a|b     in case expressions only, matches either a or b
/       in filenames, matched only by an explicit / in the epxression;
            in case, matched like any other character
.       as the first character of a filename, is matched only by an
            explicit . in the expression