match with metacharacters

Subject: match with metacharacters
From: "Antonio Sánchez" <ajse@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:37:22 +0200
is there any function that tests whether a string matches a pattern with
metacharacters (i.e. "*" like used in a unix shell). example
"pabx1" and "pabx23" both match "pabx*"
Thanks in advance


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