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pattern -- Definition A pattern is any combination of text and wildcard characters that can be interpreted by a command. Patterns are also called ``regular expressions''. The function pnmatch() compares two patterns and indicates whether they match. For a fuller explanation of how to use patterns within applications, see the section on Expert Editing in the tutorial for the line editor ed. See Also egrep, pnmatch(), Programming COHERENT, wildcards