feat(globs): glob support extended to ls and documented in README

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- [Installation](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#installation)
- [Get Started](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#get-started)
- [Templates](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#templates)
- [Globs](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#globs)
- [Secrets](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#secrets)
- [TTL](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#ttl)
- [Binary](https://github.com/Llywelwyn/pda#binary)
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# remove "kitty": are you sure? [y/n]
# y
# Or skip the prompt.
pda del kitty --force
# Remove multiple keys, within the same or different stores.
pda del kitty dog@animals
# remove "kitty", "dog@animals": are you sure? [y/n]
# y
# Or skip the prompt.
pda del kitty --force
# Delete many in one go.
pda del kitty dogs cats --force
# Mix exact keys with globs.
pda set cog "cogs"
pda set dog "doggy"
pda set kitty "cat"
pda del kitty --glob ?og
# remove "kitty", "cog", "dog": are you sure? [y/n]
# y
# Default glob separators: "/-_.@:". Override with --glob-sep.
```
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### Globs
Globs can be used in a few commands where their use makes sense. `gobwas/glob` is used for matching.
Searching for globs is inherently slower than looking for direct matches, so globs are opt-in via a repeatable `--glob/-g` flag by default rather than having every string treated as a glob by default. Realistically the performance impact will be negligible unless you have many thousands of entries in the same database.
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`*` wildcards a word or series of characters.
```bash
pda ls --no-values
# cat
# dog
# cog
# mouse hotdog
# mouse house
# foo.bar.baz
pda ls --glob "*"
# cat
# dog
# cog
pda ls --glob "* *"
# mouse hotdog
# mouse house
pda ls --glob "foo.*.baz"
# foo.bar.baz
```
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`**` super-wildcards ignore word boundaries.
```bash
pda ls --glob "foo**"
# foo.bar.baz
pda ls --glob "**g"
# dog
# cog
# mouse hotdog
```
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`?` wildcards a single letter.
```bash
pda ls --glob ?og
# dog
# cog
# frog --> fail
# dogs --> fail
```
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`[abc]` must match one of the characters in the brackets.
```bash
pda ls --glob [dc]og
# dog
# cog
# bog --> fail
# Can be negated with '!'
pda ls --glob [!dc]og
# dog --> fail
# cog --> fail
# bog
```
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`[a-c]` must fall within the range given in the brackets
```bash
pda ls --glob [a-g]ag
# bag
# gag
# wag --> fail
# Can be negated with '!'
pda ls --glob [!a-g]ag
# bag --> fail
# gag --> fail
# wag
pda ls --glob 19[90-99]
# 1991
# 1992
# 2001 --> fail
# 1988 --> fail
```
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Globs can be arbitrarily complex, and can be combined with strict matches.
```bash
pda ls --no-keys
# cat
# mouse trap
# dog house
# cat flap
# cogwheel
pda rm cat --glob "{mouse,[cd]og}**"
# remove: 'cat', 'mouse trap', 'dog house', 'cogwheel': are you sure? [y/n]
```
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`--glob-sep` can be used to change the default list of separators used to determine word boundaries. Separators default to a somewhat reasonable list of common alphanumeric characters so should be usable in most usual situations.
```bash
pda ls --no-keys
# foo%baz
pda ls --glob "*"
# foo%baz
pda ls --glob "*" --glob-sep "%"
# foo%baz --> fail
# % is considered a word boundary, so "*" no longer matches.
pda ls --glob "*%*" --glob-sep "%"
# foo%baz
```
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### Secrets
Mark sensitive values with `secret` to stop accidents.