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@@ -2414,6 +2414,15 @@ class Archiver:
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from within a shell, the patterns should be quoted to protect them from
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expansion.
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+ Patterns matching special characters, e.g. white space, within a shell may
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+ require adjustments, such as putting quotation marks around the arguments.
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+ Example:
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+ Using bash, the following command line option would match and exclude "item name":
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+ ``--pattern='-path/item name'``
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+ Note that when patterns are used within a pattern file directly read by borg,
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+ e.g. when using ``--exclude-from`` or ``--patterns-from``, there is no shell
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+ involved and thus no quotation marks are required.
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+
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The ``--exclude-from`` option permits loading exclusion patterns from a text
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file with one pattern per line. Lines empty or starting with the number sign
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('#') after removing whitespace on both ends are ignored. The optional style
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