diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e82e5dfe..6353a40e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Clixon Changelog
 
+## 4.3.0 (Expected: ~December 2019)
+
+### Minor changes
+* Added wildcard `*` as a mode to `CLICON_MODE` in clispec files
+  * If you set "CLICON_MODE="*";" in a clispec file it means that syntax will appear in all CLI spec modes.
+
+### Corrected Bugs
+* [Add missing includes](https://github.com/clicon/clixon/pulls)
+	
 ## 4.2.0 (October 27 2019)
 
 ### Summary
@@ -12,7 +21,7 @@ The main improvement in thus release concerns security in terms of priveleges an
     * use `-U <user>` clixon_backend command-line option to drop to `user`
   * Generic options are the following:
     * `CLICON_BACKEND_USER` sets the user to drop priveleges to
-    * CLICON_BACKEND_PRIVELEGES can have the following values:
+    * `CLICON_BACKEND_PRIVELEGES` can have the following values:
       * `none` Make no drop/change in privileges. This is currently the default.
       * `drop_perm`  After initialization, drop privileges permanently
       * `drop_perm` After initialization, drop privileges temporarily (to a euid)
diff --git a/apps/backend/clixon_backend_handle.c b/apps/backend/clixon_backend_handle.c
index cd320bd2..6f5ca55e 100644
--- a/apps/backend/clixon_backend_handle.c
+++ b/apps/backend/clixon_backend_handle.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <regex.h>
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_handle.c b/apps/cli/cli_handle.c
index 01fd3e32..7b0ebc79 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_handle.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_handle.c
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ cli_cligen(clicon_handle h)
 
 int
 cli_parse_file(clicon_handle h,
-	       FILE *f,
-	       char *name, /* just for errs */
-	       parse_tree *pt,
-	       cvec *globals)
+	       FILE         *f,
+	       char         *name, /* just for errs */
+	       parse_tree   *pt,
+	       cvec         *globals)
 {
     cligen_handle ch = cligen(h);
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ cli_susp_hook(clicon_handle     h,
     return cligen_susp_hook(ch, fn); 
 }
 int
-cli_interrupt_hook(clicon_handle       h,
+cli_interrupt_hook(clicon_handle          h,
 		   cligen_interrupt_cb_t *fn)
 {
     cligen_handle ch = cligen(h);
@@ -200,14 +200,16 @@ cli_nomatch(clicon_handle h)
 }
 
 int
-cli_prompt_set(clicon_handle h, char *prompt)
+cli_prompt_set(clicon_handle h,
+	       char         *prompt)
 {
     cligen_handle ch = cligen(h);
     return cligen_prompt_set(ch, prompt);
 }
 
 int
-cli_logsyntax_set(clicon_handle h, int status)
+cli_logsyntax_set(clicon_handle h,
+		  int           status)
 {
     cligen_handle ch = cligen(h);
     return cligen_logsyntax_set(ch, status);
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
index 31331f21..964c4497 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
@@ -209,27 +208,29 @@ clixon_str2fn(char  *name,
    return NULL; 
 }
 
-/*! Append to syntax mode from file
- * @param[in]  h         Clixon handle
- * @param[in]  filename	 Name of file where syntax is specified (in syntax-group dir)
- * @param[in]  dir	 Name of dir, or NULL
+/*! Load a file containing syntax and append to specified modes, also load C plugin
+ * @param[in]  h        Clixon handle
+ * @param[in]  filename	Name of file where syntax is specified (in syntax-group dir)
+ * @param[in]  dir	Name of dir, or NULL
+ * @param[out] allpt    Universal CLIgen parse tree: apply to all modes
  */
 static int
-cli_load_syntax(clicon_handle h,
-		const char   *filename,
-		const char   *dir)
+cli_load_syntax_file(clicon_handle h,
+		     const char   *filename,
+		     const char   *dir,
+		     parse_tree   *ptall)
 {
-    void      *handle = NULL;  /* Handle to plugin .so module */
-    char      *mode = NULL;    /* Name of syntax mode to append new syntax */
-    parse_tree pt = {0,};
-    int        retval = -1;
-    FILE      *f;
-    char       filepath[MAXPATHLEN];
-    cvec      *cvv = NULL;
-    char      *prompt = NULL;
-    char     **vec = NULL;
-    int        i, nvec;
-    char      *plgnam;
+    void          *handle = NULL;  /* Handle to plugin .so module */
+    char          *mode = NULL;    /* Name of syntax mode to append new syntax */
+    parse_tree     pt = {0,};
+    int            retval = -1;
+    FILE          *f;
+    char           filepath[MAXPATHLEN];
+    cvec          *cvv = NULL;
+    char          *prompt = NULL;
+    char         **vec = NULL;
+    int            i, nvec;
+    char          *plgnam;
     clixon_plugin *cp;
 
     if (dir)
@@ -253,10 +254,18 @@ cli_load_syntax(clicon_handle h,
 	goto done;
     }
     fclose(f);
-    /* Get CLICON specific global variables */
+    /* Get CLICON specific global variables:
+     *  CLICON_MODE: which mode(s) this syntax applies to
+     *  CLICON_PROMPT: Cli prompt in this mode
+     *  CLICON_PLUGIN: Name of C API plugin
+     * Note: the base case is that it is:
+     *   (1) a single mode or 
+     *   (2) "*" all modes or "m1:m2" - a list of modes
+     * but for (2), prompt and plgnam may have unclear semantics
+     */
+    mode = cvec_find_str(cvv, "CLICON_MODE");
     prompt = cvec_find_str(cvv, "CLICON_PROMPT");
     plgnam = cvec_find_str(cvv, "CLICON_PLUGIN");
-    mode = cvec_find_str(cvv, "CLICON_MODE");
 
     if (plgnam != NULL) { /* Find plugin for callback resolving */
 	if ((cp = clixon_plugin_find(h, plgnam)) != NULL)
@@ -288,8 +297,19 @@ cli_load_syntax(clicon_handle h,
 	    goto done;
 	}
     }
+    /* Find all modes in CLICON_MODE string: where to append the pt syntax tree */
     if ((vec = clicon_strsep(mode, ":", &nvec)) == NULL) 
 	goto done;
+
+    if (nvec == 1 && strcmp(vec[0], "*") == 0){
+	/* Special case: Add this to all modes. Add to special "universal" syntax
+	 * and add to all syntaxes after all files have been loaded. At this point
+	 * all modes may not be known (not yet loaded)
+	 */
+	if (cligen_parsetree_merge(ptall, NULL, pt) < 0)
+	    return -1;
+    }
+    else {
     for (i = 0; i < nvec; i++) {
 	if (syntax_append(h,
 			  cli_syntax(h),
@@ -300,6 +320,7 @@ cli_load_syntax(clicon_handle h,
 	if (prompt)
 	    cli_set_prompt(h, vec[i], prompt);
     }
+    }
 
     cligen_parsetree_free(pt, 1);
     retval = 0;
@@ -329,6 +350,7 @@ cli_syntax_load(clicon_handle h)
     cligen_susp_cb_t  *fns = NULL;
     cligen_interrupt_cb_t *fni = NULL;
     clixon_plugin     *cp;
+    parse_tree         ptall = {0,}; /* Universal CLIgen parse tree all modes */
 
     /* Syntax already loaded.  XXX should we re-load?? */
     if ((stx = cli_syntax(h)) != NULL)
@@ -347,30 +369,38 @@ cli_syntax_load(clicon_handle h)
 
     cli_syntax_set(h, stx);
 
+    /* Load single specific clispec file */
     if (clispec_file){
-	if (cli_load_syntax(h, clispec_file, NULL) < 0)
+	if (cli_load_syntax_file(h, clispec_file, NULL, &ptall) < 0)
 	    goto done;
     }
+    /* Load all clispec .cli files in directory */
     if (clispec_dir){
-	/* load syntaxfiles */
+	/* Get directory list of files */
 	if ((ndp = clicon_file_dirent(clispec_dir, &dp, "(.cli)$", S_IFREG)) < 0)
 	    goto done;
-	/* Load the rest */
+	/* Load the syntax parse trees into cli_syntax stx structure */
 	for (i = 0; i < ndp; i++) {
 	    clicon_debug(1, "DEBUG: Loading syntax '%.*s'", 
 			 (int)strlen(dp[i].d_name)-4, dp[i].d_name);
-	    if (cli_load_syntax(h, dp[i].d_name, clispec_dir) < 0)
+	    if (cli_load_syntax_file(h, dp[i].d_name, clispec_dir, &ptall) < 0)
 		goto done;
 	}
     }
-    /* Did we successfully load any syntax modes? */
+    /* Were any syntax modes successfully loaded? If not, leave */
     if (stx->stx_nmodes <= 0) {
 	retval = 0;
 	goto done;
     }	
-    /* Parse syntax tree for all modes */
+    
+    /* Go thorugh all modes and :
+     * 1) Add the universal syntax 
+     * 2) add syntax tree (of those modes - "activate" syntax from stx to CLIgen)
+     */
     m = stx->stx_modes;
     do {
+	if (cligen_parsetree_merge(&m->csm_pt, NULL, ptall) < 0)
+	    return -1;
 	if (gen_parse_tree(h, m) != 0)
 	    goto done;
 	m = NEXTQ(cli_syntaxmode_t *, m);
@@ -389,13 +419,13 @@ cli_syntax_load(clicon_handle h)
 
     /* All good. We can now proudly return a new group */
     retval = 0;
-
 done:
     if (retval != 0) {
 	clixon_plugin_exit(h);
 	cli_syntax_unload(h);
 	cli_syntax_set(h, NULL);
     }
+    cligen_parsetree_free(ptall, 1);
     if (dp)
 	free(dp);
     return retval;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2bf8b1a8..124aadbc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2172,9 +2172,9 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 : ${INSTALLFLAGS="-s"}
 
 CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="4"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="2"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="3"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
 
 # Check CLIgen
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fa281d81..c3cd8d3e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ AC_INIT(lib/clixon/clixon.h.in)
 : ${INSTALLFLAGS="-s"}
 
 CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="4"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="2"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="3"
 CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}\""
+CLIXON_VERSION="\"${CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH}.PRE\""
 
 # Check CLIgen
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
diff --git a/doc/DEVELOP.md b/doc/DEVELOP.md
index 46b69d74..834c1e58 100644
--- a/doc/DEVELOP.md
+++ b/doc/DEVELOP.md
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ After release:
 ```
 * Run autoconf
 
+Create release branch:
+```
+  git checkout -b release-4.2 4.2.0
+  git push origin release-4.2
+```
+
 ## Use of constants etc
 
-Use MAXPATHLEN (not PATH_MAX)
\ No newline at end of file
+Use MAXPATHLEN (not PATH_MAX)
diff --git a/example/main/example_cli.c b/example/main/example_cli.c
index 8cc88abf..04658d2e 100644
--- a/example/main/example_cli.c
+++ b/example/main/example_cli.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h> /* matching strings */
 #include <signal.h> /* matching strings */
 
 /* clicon */
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon.h.in b/lib/clixon/clixon.h.in
index c810acd9..7de4a0d0 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon.h.in
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon.h.in
@@ -51,20 +51,14 @@
 #include <sys/param.h> /* MAXPATHLEN */
 
 /*
- * CLIXON version macros
+ * CLIXON version macros, set in configure and resolved when expanding to 
+ * clixon.h
  */
-
 #undef CLIXON_VERSION_STRING
 #undef CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR
 #undef CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR
 #undef CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH
 
-/*
- * Use this constant to disable some prototypes that should not be visible outside the lib.
- * This is an alternative to use separate internal include files.
- */
-#define LIBCLIXON_API 1
-
 #include <clixon/clixon_sig.h>
 #include <clixon/clixon_uid.h>
 #include <clixon/clixon_err.h>
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
index 90717b74..10ff73a3 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_string.h
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ typedef struct map_str2int map_str2int;
 /*! A malloc version that aligns on 4 bytes. To avoid warning from valgrind */
 #define align4(s) (((s)/4)*4 + 4)
 
+/* Required for the inline to compile */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 /*! A strdup version that aligns on 4 bytes. To avoid warning from valgrind */
 static inline char * strdup4(char *str) 
 {
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_read.c b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_read.c
index 2150502c..62921c6b 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_read.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_read.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
index 8ddc69fb..b6f294da 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_json.c b/lib/src/clixon_json.c
index 6d989e42..d4fb484c 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_json.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_json.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_nacm.c b/lib/src/clixon_nacm.c
index 3e2848e1..b0da26e6 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_nacm.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_nacm.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c b/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
index 3e7e3c8a..e8601af4 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_netconf_lib.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
index 38723f7b..947647e7 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml_changelog.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml_changelog.c
index f74ab713..80cbb0fc 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml_changelog.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml_changelog.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml_nsctx.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml_nsctx.c
index c65cab5b..e588c204 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml_nsctx.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml_nsctx.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml_sort.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml_sort.c
index 83b19a61..74e33291 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml_sort.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml_sort.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xpath.c b/lib/src/clixon_xpath.c
index 3e7a7056..33b094f9 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xpath.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xpath.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_ctx.c b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_ctx.c
index 30f44af6..cf8d6a0b 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_ctx.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_ctx.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_eval.c b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_eval.c
index d6b0eb7b..077c4fb2 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_eval.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_eval.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_parse.y b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_parse.y
index f014b6a4..0fdeac5e 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xpath_parse.y
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xpath_parse.y
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/test/test_cli_submodes.sh b/test/test_cli_submodes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..af77d92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_cli_submodes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# CLIgen mode tests
+# Have two modes: AAA and BBB 
+# Have the following clispec files with syntax for:
+# 1) * 2) AAA, 3) BBB, 4) CCC, 5) AAA:BBB, 6) BBB:CCC
+# Verify then that modes AAA and BBB have right syntax (also negative)
+# AAA should have syntax from 1,2,5 (and not 3,4,6)
+# BBB should have syntax from 1,3,5,6 (and not 2,4)
+
+# Magic line must be first in script (see README.md)
+s="$_" ; . ./lib.sh || if [ "$s" = $0 ]; then exit 0; else return 0; fi
+
+APPNAME=example
+
+# include err() and new() functions and creates $dir
+
+cfg=$dir/conf_yang.xml
+clidir=$dir/clidir
+
+if [ ! -d $clidir ]; then
+    mkdir $clidir
+fi
+
+# Use yang in example
+
+cat <<EOF > $cfg
+<clixon-config xmlns="http://clicon.org/config">
+  <CLICON_CONFIGFILE>$cfg</CLICON_CONFIGFILE>
+  <CLICON_YANG_DIR>/usr/local/share/clixon</CLICON_YANG_DIR>
+  <CLICON_YANG_DIR>$IETFRFC</CLICON_YANG_DIR>
+  <CLICON_YANG_MODULE_MAIN>clixon-example</CLICON_YANG_MODULE_MAIN>
+  <CLICON_BACKEND_DIR>/usr/local/lib/$APPNAME/backend</CLICON_BACKEND_DIR>
+  <CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR>$clidir</CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR>
+  <CLICON_CLI_DIR>/usr/local/lib/$APPNAME/cli</CLICON_CLI_DIR>
+  <CLICON_SOCK>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME/$APPNAME.sock</CLICON_SOCK>
+  <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME/$APPNAME.pidfile</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
+  <CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME</CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>
+</clixon-config>
+EOF
+
+# clispec files 1..6 for submodes AAA and BBB as described in top comment
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli1.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="*";
+   cmd1;
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli2.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="AAA";
+   cmd2;
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli3.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="BBB";
+   cmd3;
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli4.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="CCC";
+   cmd4;
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli5.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="AAA:BBB";
+   cmd5;
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $clidir/cli6.cli
+   CLICON_MODE="BBB:CCC";
+   cmd6;
+EOF
+
+new "test params: -f $cfg"
+if [ $BE -ne 0 ]; then
+    new "kill old backend"
+    sudo clixon_backend -z -f $cfg
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	err
+    fi
+    new "start backend -s init -f $cfg"
+    start_backend -s init -f $cfg
+
+    new "waiting"
+    wait_backend
+fi
+
+
+m=AAA
+# Tests using mode AAA that should pass
+for c in 1 2 5; do
+    new "cli mode $m 1 cmd$c OK"
+    expectfn "$clixon_cli -1 -m $m -f $cfg cmd$c" 0 "^$"
+done
+# Tests using mode AAA that should fail
+for c in 3 4 6; do
+    new "cli mode $m 1 cmd$c Not OK"
+    expectfn "$clixon_cli -1 -m $m -f $cfg cmd$c" 255 "^$"
+done
+
+m=BBB
+# Tests using mode BBB that should pass
+for c in 1 3 5 6; do
+    new "cli mode $m 1 cmd$c OK"
+    expectfn "$clixon_cli -1 -m $m -f $cfg cmd$c" 0 "^$"
+done
+# Tests using mode BBB that should fail
+for c in 2 4; do
+    new "cli mode $m 1 cmd$c Not OK"
+    expectfn "$clixon_cli -1 -m $m -f $cfg cmd$c" 255 "^$"
+done
+
+if [ $BE -eq 0 ]; then
+    exit # BE
+fi
+
+new "Kill backend"
+# Check if premature kill
+pid=$(pgrep -u root -f clixon_backend)
+if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
+    err "backend already dead"
+fi
+# kill backend
+stop_backend -f $cfg
+
+rm -rf $dir
diff --git a/util/clixon_util_insert.c b/util/clixon_util_insert.c
index f4e86e83..d2a6a444 100644
--- a/util/clixon_util_insert.c
+++ b/util/clixon_util_insert.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/util/clixon_util_json.c b/util/clixon_util_json.c
index c1083690..4c333c96 100644
--- a/util/clixon_util_json.c
+++ b/util/clixon_util_json.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/util/clixon_util_stream.c b/util/clixon_util_stream.c
index 6b52fb3e..511c62ea 100644
--- a/util/clixon_util_stream.c
+++ b/util/clixon_util_stream.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/util/clixon_util_xpath.c b/util/clixon_util_xpath.c
index 57d5cac6..de760508 100644
--- a/util/clixon_util_xpath.c
+++ b/util/clixon_util_xpath.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ See https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2019-09-11.yang b/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2019-09-11.yang
index 7eb343cd..7dedec8f 100644
--- a/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2019-09-11.yang
+++ b/yang/clixon/clixon-config@2019-09-11.yang
@@ -338,20 +338,21 @@ module clixon-config {
 	leaf CLICON_CLI_DIR {
 	    type string;
 	    description
-		"Location of cli frontend .so plugins. Load all .so 
-                 plugins in this dir as CLI object plugins";
+		"Directory containing frontend cli loadable plugins. Load all .so 
+                 plugins in this directory as CLI object plugins";
 	}
 	leaf CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR {
 	    type string;
 	    description
-		"Location of frontend .cli cligen spec files. Load all .cli 
-       	         files in this dir as CLI specification files";
+		"Directory containing frontend cligen spec files. Load all .cli 
+       	         files in this directory as CLI specification files.
+                 See also CLICON_CLISPEC_FILE.";
 	}
 	leaf CLICON_CLISPEC_FILE {
 	    type string;
-	    description "Specific frontend .cli cligen spec file as simple
-                         alternative to CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR. Also available as
-                         -c in clixon_cli.";
+	    description
+		"Specific frontend cligen spec file as aletrnative or complement
+                 to CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR. Also available as -c in clixon_cli.";
 	}
 	leaf CLICON_CLI_MODE {
 	    type string;