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Reserved Characters
The following characters are reserved and cannot be used unless they are preceded
by a back slash: {m,n}, and \:x.
For example, to find {m,n} literally, use \{ m,n \}.

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~ Zero or one occurrence of the
preceding character or
sub-expression
* Zero or more occurrences of any
characters except newline
# Zero or more occurrences of the
preceding character or
sub-expression
@ One or more occurrences of the
preceding character or
sub-expression
| Either the preceding character or
sub-expression, or the following one
[ ] Any character within the brackets
- Ranges of characters within
brackets can be used by using a
hyphen. For example, [a-m]xxxxxx
finds any word that begins with any
letter from a to m, followed by
xxxxxx.
- A hyphen at the start of the
information is an exception to the
first example above. When it is the
first character in the brackets, it also
searches on itself (and everything
else in the brackets). In the example,
Apr[-/]07 finds both Apr-07 and
Apr/07. In this case, the hyphen is
not used to define a range but as a
character that will be searched on.
( ) Sub-expressions, so that repetition
and alternative wildcard characters
can be applied more generally
\ The next character, literally
The backslash (\) means that
wildcard characters can be treated as
normal characters.
Example
files~ finds file and files, but not
filed.
can* finds can and Canada.
filex# finds file and filexxx.
filex@ finds filex and filexxx, but not
file.
localis|ze finds either localise or
localize.
p[iu]ck finds pick and puck.
[a-d]ay finds bay and day, but not
may.
m[!u]st finds mist but not must.
m[!a-o]st finds must but not
most.Apr[-/]07 finds Apr-07 or
Apr/07.
ab(cd)#e finds ab followed by zero or
more cd combinations followed by e.
what\? finds what?.
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