weird matching

noun — 2 senses

weird matching

noun
1

Rare A type of matching where the newline character matches newlines but the wildcard character also does.

Regular expressions

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weird, matching.

Synonyms
inverse partial newline-sensitive matching

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