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Fixed minor nits, added index entries to make these easier to find for people 

not familiar with Unix terminology.
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Fred Drake 1999-03-16 16:40:01 +00:00
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\section{\module{fnmatch} --- \section{\module{fnmatch} ---
\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern matching.} \UNIX{} style filename pattern matching}
\declaremodule{standard}{fnmatch}
\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern matching.} \declaremodule{standard}{fnmatch}
\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style filename pattern matching.}
This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which
are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented
in the \module{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters in the \refmodule{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special
used in shell-style wildcards are: characters used in shell-style wildcards are:
\index{filenames!wildcard expansion}
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.5in \labelwidth 0.45in} \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.5in \labelwidth 0.45in}
\item[\code{*}] matches everything \item[\code{*}] matches everything
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false; the comparision is case-sensitive. false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{seealso} \begin{seealso}
\seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion} \seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion}
\end{seealso} \end{seealso}

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\section{\module{glob} --- \section{\module{glob} ---
\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.} \UNIX{} style pathname pattern expansion}
\declaremodule{standard}{glob}
\declaremodule{standard}{glob}
\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.} \modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.}
@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()}
functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For
tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()} tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()}
and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.) and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.)
\index{filenames!pathname expansion}
\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname} \begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname}, Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
which must be a string containing a path specification. which must be a string containing a path specification.
\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like \var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
\file{/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like \file{/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like
\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. \file{../../Tools/*/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
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>>> glob.glob('?.gif') >>> glob.glob('?.gif')
['1.gif'] ['1.gif']
\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{fnmatch}{Shell-style filename (not path) expansion}
\end{seealso}