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EVE

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From the Extensible Versatile Editor Reference Manual (with a nested table combined):

EVE OpenVMS-Style Wildcards

Patterns	Matches...
%	Any single character within a line.
*	Any amount of text within a line.
**	Any amount of text, crossing lines.
\<	Start of a line.
\>	End of a line.
\[abc]	Any character in the specified set. For example, \[aeiou] is the set of all vowels.
\[a--z]	Any character in the specified range. For example, \[1--9] is the set of digits from 1 through 9. A hyphen (--) at the beginning or end of a set is treated as a literal character, not as a wildcard.
\[~abc]	Any character not in the specified set. For example, \[~aeiou] excludes all the vowels. A tilde (~) that is not the first character in the bracketed set is treated as a literal character, not as a wildcard.
\[~a--z]	Any character not in the specified range. For example, \[~1--9] excludes the digits from 1 through 9.
\A	Any alphabetic character, including supplementals.
\D	Any decimal digit.
\F	Any formatting character, such as BS , CR , FF , HT , LF , or VT .
\L	Any lowercase letter. Makes the entire search case exact.
\N	Any alphanumeric character (letter or digit).
\O	Any octal digit.
\P	Any punctuation character.
\S	Any symbol constituent (alphanumeric, dollar sign, or underscore).
\U	Any uppercase letter. Makes the entire search case exact.
\W	Any amount of white space---spaces, tabs, or up to one line break.
\X	Any hexadecimal digit.
\^	Any control character.
\+	Any character with bit 7 set.
\.	Repeats the previous pattern zero or more times, including the original.
\:	Repeats the previous pattern at least once, including the original; that is, it does not match a null occurrence.
\*	Literal asterisk.
\%	Literal percent sign.
\[	Literal left bracket.
\~	Literal tilde.
\\	Literal backslash.

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