元字符(Metacharacter),指SHELL直譯器正則表達式(regex)引擎等電腦程式中具有特殊意義的字符。

在POSIX擴展正則表達式裏[1],定義了14個元字符,它們被作為一般的字符使用時,必須要通過「轉義」(前面加一個反斜槓「\」)來去除他們本身的特殊意義,這些元字符包括:

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