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\section{\module{glob} ---
\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.}
\declaremodule{standard}{glob}
\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.}
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The \module{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
expansion is done, but \code{*}, \code{?}, and character ranges
expressed with \code{[]} will be correctly matched. This is done by
using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()}
functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For
tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()}
and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.)
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\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
which must be a string containing a path specification.
\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
\file{/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like
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\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
\end{funcdesc}
For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \function{glob()}
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will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
of the path are preserved.
\begin{verbatim}
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>>> import glob
>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
['./1.gif', './2.txt']
>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
['1.gif', 'card.gif']
>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
['1.gif']
\end{verbatim}