Simple commands: $ echo foo foo $ printf 'bar\nbaz\n' | cat bar baz Multi-line command: $ foo() { > echo bar > } $ foo bar Regular expressions: $ echo foobarbaz foobar.* (re) $ echo barbazquux .*quux.* (re) Globs: $ printf '* \\foobarbaz {10}\n' \* \\fo?bar* {10} (glob) Literal match ending in " (re)": $ echo 'foo (re)' foo (re) Exit code: $ false [1]