2 files changed, 138 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ksh/sh.1 b/bin/ksh/sh.1
index bcd826a4251..ac5dfe893e7 100644
--- a/bin/ksh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/ksh/sh.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.28 2001/09/02 14:05:58 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.29 2002/05/04 22:21:21 krw Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1370,6 +1370,74 @@ represent itself it must be quoted or appear later in the list.
 Like
 .Ic \&[ Ns No .. Ns Ic \&] ,
 except it matches any character not inside the brackets.
+.Sm on
+Matches any string of characters that matches zero or more occurrences of the
+specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&*(foo\&|bar)
+matches the strings
+.Dq ,
+.Dq foo ,
+.Dq bar ,
+.Dq foobarfoo ,
+etc.
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&+( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches any string of characters that matches one or more occurrences of the
+specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&+(foo\&|bar)
+matches the strings
+.Dq foo ,
+.Dq bar ,
+.Dq foobar ,
+etc.
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&?( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches the empty string or a string that matches one of the specified
+patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&?(foo\&|bar)
+only matches the strings
+.Dq ,
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar .
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&@( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches a string that matches one of the specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&@(foo\&|bar)
+only matches the strings
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar .
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&!( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches any string that does not match one of the specified patterns.
+Examples: The pattern
+.Ic \&!(foo\&|bar)
+matches all strings except
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar ;
+the pattern
+.Ic \&!(\&*)
+matches no strings; the pattern
+.Ic \&!(\&?)\&*
+matches all strings (think about it).
 .El
 .Pp
 Note that
diff --git a/bin/ksh/sh.1tbl b/bin/ksh/sh.1tbl
index 2b3d5d56a3f..e50e0da89cb 100644
--- a/bin/ksh/sh.1tbl
+++ b/bin/ksh/sh.1tbl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: sh.1tbl,v 1.28 2001/09/02 14:05:58 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: sh.1tbl,v 1.29 2002/05/04 22:21:21 krw Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1370,6 +1370,74 @@ represent itself it must be quoted or appear later in the list.
 Like
 .Ic \&[ Ns No .. Ns Ic \&] ,
 except it matches any character not inside the brackets.
+.Sm on
+Matches any string of characters that matches zero or more occurrences of the
+specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&*(foo\&|bar)
+matches the strings
+.Dq ,
+.Dq foo ,
+.Dq bar ,
+.Dq foobarfoo ,
+etc.
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&+( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches any string of characters that matches one or more occurrences of the
+specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&+(foo\&|bar)
+matches the strings
+.Dq foo ,
+.Dq bar ,
+.Dq foobar ,
+etc.
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&?( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches the empty string or a string that matches one of the specified
+patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&?(foo\&|bar)
+only matches the strings
+.Dq ,
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar .
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&@( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches a string that matches one of the specified patterns.
+Example: The pattern
+.Ic \&@(foo\&|bar)
+only matches the strings
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar .
+.Sm off
+.It Xo Ic \&!( Ar pattern Ic \&| No \ ...\ 
+.Ic \&| Ar pattern Ic \&)
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+Matches any string that does not match one of the specified patterns.
+Examples: The pattern
+.Ic \&!(foo\&|bar)
+matches all strings except
+.Dq foo
+and
+.Dq bar ;
+the pattern
+.Ic \&!(\&*)
+matches no strings; the pattern
+.Ic \&!(\&?)\&*
+matches all strings (think about it).
 .El
 .Pp
 Note that