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(*  Ralf Treinen.                                                         *)
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(**specification

   3.231 Name

   In the shell command language, a word consisting solely of
   underscores, digits, and alphabetics from the portable character
   set. The first character of a name is not a digit.

   Note:
   The Portable Character Set is defined in detail in Portable Character Set.

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(**
    This definition implies that a name is not empty.

*)
let is_name s =
  s <> ""
  && Str.(string_match (
              regexp "^\\([a-zA-Z]\\|_\\)\\([a-zA-Z]\\|_\\|[0-9]\\)*$") s 0)