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diff --git a/perl/DXUtil.pm b/perl/DXUtil.pm
index 07e3f4cb..1291db39 100644
--- a/perl/DXUtil.pm
+++ b/perl/DXUtil.pm
@@ -13,11 +13,18 @@ use Carp;
 
 require Exporter;
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT = qw(atime ztime cldate cldatetime slat slong yesno promptf parray parraypairs
+@EXPORT = qw(atime ztime cldate cldatetime slat slong yesno promptf 
+			 parray parraypairs shellregex
              print_all_fields cltounix 
             );
 
 @month = qw(Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec);
+%patmap = (
+		   '*' => '.*',
+		   '?' => '.',
+		   '[' => '[',
+		   ']' => ']'
+);
 
 # a full time for logging and other purposes
 sub atime
@@ -72,7 +79,9 @@ sub cltounix
 	$date = "$1 $2 $3";
 	return 0 unless $time =~ /^([012]\d)([012345]\d)Z$/;
 	$time = "$1:$2 +0000";
-	return str2time("$date $time");
+	my $r = str2time("$date $time");
+	return $r unless $r;
+	return $r == -1 ? undef : $r;
 }
 
 # turn a latitude in degrees into a string
@@ -167,3 +176,11 @@ sub print_all_fields
 	return @out;
 }
 
+# generate a regex from a shell type expression 
+# see 'perl cookbook' 6.9
+sub shellregex
+{
+	my $in = shift;
+	$in =~ s{(.)} { $patmap{$1} || "\Q$1" }ge;
+	return '^' . $in . '$';
+}