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    Note that .d also matches strings like bad since . matches any character. Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 11:52
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    You should escape it "\." Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 11:53
  • @Prvt_Yadv It's not enough. That may still match FileA.draft.txt, even though the given list in the question does not contain such a filename. Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 12:18
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