Wildcards have been around forever. Some even claim they appear in the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians. Wildcards allow you to specify succinctly a pattern that matches a set of filenames (for ...

He said, "I believe at heart, everybody has the same skill: pattern matching." Mic drop. We all have this ability. It is hardwired into us.

Functions and Modular Scripting - Functions in shell scripts promote code reuse and organization. They are declared using the function keyword and can accept parameters. String Manipulation and ...