Jeff Kell suggested:
>
> Or even better still, given that the code is now there for the calling, why
> don't we allow regular expressions?  egrep rules would be fine, perl even
> better still.  Maybe some escape code that allowed a regular expression in
> anyplace the MPE wildcards can now appear - then we enhance a boatload of
> commands in one swipe (assuming the wildcard expansion code is common).
>
I agree. REs are great.
 
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