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45 lines
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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{fnmatch}}
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\label{module-fnmatch}
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\stmodindex{fnmatch}
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This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are
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\emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are
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documented in the \code{re} module). The special characters used
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in shell-style wildcards are:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item[\code{*}] matches everything
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\item[\code{?}] matches any single character
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\item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq}
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\item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq}
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\end{itemize}
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Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on Unix) is \emph{not}
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special to this module. See module \code{glob} for pathname expansion
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(\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch} to match filename segments).
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\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module fnmatch)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatch}{filename\, pattern}
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Test whether the \var{filename} string matches the \var{pattern}
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string, returning true or false. If the operating system is
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case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all
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lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you
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require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's
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standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{}
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Test whether \var{filename} matches \var{pattern}, returning true or
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false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{pattern}
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Translate a shell pattern into a corresponding regular expression,
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returning a string describing the pattern. It does not compile the
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expression. \strong{Version note:} in Python 1.4 and earlier, this
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function translated to \code{regex} (Emacs style) regular expressions;
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in 1.5 and later, it translates to \code{re} (Perl style) regular
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expressions.
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\end{funcdesc}
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