# jEdit 2.6 User's Guide

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# Appendix F. Glob Patterns

jEdit uses glob patterns similar to those in MS-DOS and the various Unix shells to implement file name filters in the Open File and Save As dialog boxes. Glob patterns resemble regular expressions somewhat, but have a much simpler syntax. The following character sequences have special meaning within a glob pattern:

- ? matches any one character

- * matches any number of characters

- {`a`,`b`,`c`} matches any one of `a`, `b` or `c`

Character class expressions ([abc], etc) are supported in globs and behave exactly like regular expression character classes; see Appendix E for details.

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