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Issue #25615: Document unsorted behaviour of glob; patch by Dave Jones

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Martin Panter 2015-11-16 23:46:22 +00:00
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The :mod:`glob` module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern
according to the rules used by the Unix shell. No tilde expansion is done, but
``*``, ``?``, and character ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly
matched. This is done by using the :func:`os.listdir` and
:func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a
subshell. Note that unlike :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch`, :mod:`glob` treats
filenames beginning with a dot (``.``) as special cases. (For tilde and shell
variable expansion, use :func:`os.path.expanduser` and
according to the rules used by the Unix shell, although results are returned in
arbitrary order. No tilde expansion is done, but ``*``, ``?``, and character
ranges expressed with ``[]`` will be correctly matched. This is done by using
the :func:`os.listdir` and :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch` functions in concert, and
not by actually invoking a subshell. Note that unlike :func:`fnmatch.fnmatch`,
:mod:`glob` treats filenames beginning with a dot (``.``) as special cases.
(For tilde and shell variable expansion, use :func:`os.path.expanduser` and
:func:`os.path.expandvars`.)
For a literal match, wrap the meta-characters in brackets.