: document a way to escape metacharacters in glob/fnmatch.

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Ezio Melotti 2012-11-17 17:38:11 +02:00
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@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ special characters used in shell-style wildcards are:
| ``[!seq]`` | matches any character not in *seq* | | ``[!seq]`` | matches any character not in *seq* |
+------------+------------------------------------+ +------------+------------------------------------+
For a literal match, wrap the meta-characters in brackets.
For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
.. index:: module: glob .. index:: module: glob
Note that the filename separator (``'/'`` on Unix) is *not* special to this Note that the filename separator (``'/'`` on Unix) is *not* special to this
@ -76,8 +79,6 @@ patterns.
Return the shell-style *pattern* converted to a regular expression. Return the shell-style *pattern* converted to a regular expression.
Be aware there is no way to quote meta-characters.
Example: Example:
>>> import fnmatch, re >>> import fnmatch, re

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@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ matched. This is done by using the :func:`os.listdir` and
subshell. (For tilde and shell variable expansion, use subshell. (For tilde and shell variable expansion, use
:func:`os.path.expanduser` and :func:`os.path.expandvars`.) :func:`os.path.expanduser` and :func:`os.path.expandvars`.)
For a literal match, wrap the meta-characters in brackets.
For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
.. function:: glob(pathname) .. function:: glob(pathname)