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[Task]: (DOC) define HOP regular expressions

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Description

### What needs to happen?

https://hop.apache.org/manual/next/pipeline/transforms/textfileinput.html

- "Selecting files using Regular Expressions" gives examples of some unusual regex constructs. Please link to a definition of these regexes
```
# maybe .*userdata.*\.txt is meant?
.userdata.\.txt
# what is ENG? and are there other digits but ENG? And how does this relate to Unicode char classes?
[ENG:A-Z][ENG:0-9].*
```
- specify whether regexes are anchored (as if surrounded by ^...$) or partial-match
- define subheadings (anchors) for "Selecting files using Regular Expressions" and "Accepting filenames from a previous transform"

### Issue Priority

Priority: 3

### Issue Component

Component: Documentation

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Research direction

Open the linked Text File Input documentation page and inspect the “Selecting files using Regular Expressions” and “Accepting filenames from a previous transform” sections. Verify the meanings of the shown constructs, determine whether matching is anchored or partial, then add links, the requested subheadings, and clear explanations to the page.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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