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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{glob}}
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\stmodindex{glob}
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\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module glob)}
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The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
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pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde
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expansion is done, but \verb\*\, \verb\?\, and character ranges
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expressed with \verb\[]\ will be correctly matched. This is done by
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using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions
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in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
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shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and
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\code{os.path.expandvars()}.)
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\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
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Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
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which must be a string containing a path specification.
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\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
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\file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like
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\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
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\end{funcdesc}
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For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
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\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()}
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will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
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of the path are preserved.
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\begin{verbatim}
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>>> import glob
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>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
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['./1.gif', './2.txt']
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>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
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['1.gif', 'card.gif']
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>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
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['1.gif']
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\end{verbatim}
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