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===Regular Expressions vs. Filename Expansion===
[[Image:re-1.png|thumb|right|300px350px|'''Filename expansion symbols''' allow the Linux shell to expand filenames as arguments (referred to as “globbing”).]]<br>In a previous tutorial, you learned that '''filename expansion symbols''' allow the Linux shell to expand filenames as arguments (referred to as “globbing”) for file management commands. This is very useful for managing multiple files sharing similar characteristics such as the same file extension.
''Filename Expansion symbols'' are used to search, edit and manipulate text and are used with Linux file management commands such as '''ls''', '''rm''', '''mv''', '''cp''', '''cat''', '''less''', '''more''', '''head''', '''tail''', '''sort''', '''uniq''', '''cut''', '''tr''', and '''wc'''.<br><br>
