a directory named "a*",
"*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-r</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--recursive</dt>
<dd>
<p>Same as <code>--max-depth=-1</code>; this is the default.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--no-recursive</dt>
<dd>
<p>Same as <code>--max-depth=0</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-w</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--word-regexp</dt>
<dd>
<p>Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
beginning of a line, or preceded by a non-word 