Thanks for this answer.  It was exactly what I was struggling with today.

I have not found a solution to matching the "#" character in a string.  

Want to exclude Strings like:
.../AXSREQ-1586#action_78263
where the string before and after "#action_" will vary.

Tried:
-*/*#action_*
-*/*[#]action_*
-*/*[\#]action_*

None of these seem to work.

-> Kent