From 534b6905687bbc5d523e5464b7be4fb58f338acd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:41:14 -0400
Subject: Document "...|..." udev match syntax

Signed-off-by: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
---
 man/udev.xml | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man/udev.xml')

diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 96867a3457..d4a5bedfdd 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
 
-      <para>Most of the fields support shell-style pattern matching. The following
-      pattern characters are supported:</para>
+      <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching and
+      alternate patterns. The following special characters are supported:</para>
+
       <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><literal>*</literal></term>
@@ -300,6 +301,14 @@
             <literal>!</literal>, any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal>|</literal></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>Separates alternative patterns. For example, the pattern string
+            <literal>abc|x*</literal> would match either <literal>abc</literal>
+            or <literal>x*</literal>.</para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
 
       <para>The following keys can get values assigned:</para>
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