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# Note that c* does not mean "c followed by anything" in regex.
### Problematic code:
grep 'foo*'
when wanting to match `food` and `foosball`, but not `mofo` or `keyfob`.
### Correct code:
grep '^foo'
### Rationale:
As a glob, `foo*` means "Any string starting with foo", e.g. `food` and `foosball`.
As a regular expression, "foo*" means "f followed by 1 or more o's, anywhere", e.g. "mofo" or "keyfob".
This construct is way more common as a glob than as a regex, so ShellCheck notifies you about it.
### Contraindications
If you're aware of the above, you can ignore this message. If you'd like shellcheck to be quiet, use a [[directive]] or `'fo[o]*'`.