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LPI certification 101 exam prep, Part 2
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2. Regular expressions
  


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As we look at regular expressions, you may find that regular expression syntax looks similar to filename "globbing" syntax that we examined in our previous tutorial (see Part 1 listed in the Resources section at the end of this tutorial). However, don't let this fool you; their similarity is only skin-deep. Both regular expressions and filename globbing patterns, while they may look similar, are fundamentally different beasts.


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